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accession number:	1933.494.a
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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto), 800s-900s. Iraq or Iran, 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.); text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.494.a

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)
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creation date:			800s-900s
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		999
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Iraq or Iran, Abbasid Period, 9th-10th century
technique:	ink, gold, and color on parchment
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Calligraphy
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measurements: Sheet: 18.4 x 26 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.); Text area: 12.7 x 20.3 cm (5 x 8 in.)
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	inscription:	Kufic script.  Text:  XXXVIII:81-88, XXXIX:1-3
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PROVENANCE

	(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1933
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1933-
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This page features the last eight verses of the <em>Sura al-Sad </em>(named for the Arabic letter<em> sad</em>) and the opening verses of the <em>Sura al-Zumar </em>(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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