id: 114267
accession number: 1933.494
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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
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creation date: 800s-900s
creation date earliest: 800
creation date latest: 999
current location:
creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: Iran or Iraq, Abbasid Period, 9th-10th century
technique: ink, gold, and color on parchment
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Calligraphy
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CREATORS
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measurements: Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Kufi script. Text: XXXVIII:81-88, XXXIX:1-3
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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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-
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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.
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