id: 114267 accession number: 1933.494 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.494 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:53.460000 Qur'an Manuscript Folio, 800s-900s. Iran or Iraq, Abbasid Period, 9th-10th century. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.494 title: Qur'an Manuscript Folio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 800s-900s creation date earliest: 800 creation date latest: 999 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran or Iraq, Abbasid Period, 9th-10th century technique: ink, gold, and color on parchment department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Calligraphy find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Kufi script. Text: XXXVIII:81-88, XXXIX:1-3 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1933 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1933- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This page features the last eight verses of the Sura al-Sad (named for the Arabic letter sad) and the opening verses of the Sura al-Zumar (the Companies); the latter begins: The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise. We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.494/1933.494_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.494/1933.494_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.494/1933.494_full.tif