id:			118471
accession number:	1939.507
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.507
updated:		2025-07-09 11:08:21.190000

Leaf from a Qur'an, 1100s. Seljuk Iran. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 32 x 21.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.507

title:				Leaf from a Qur'an
title in original language:	
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1196
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Seljuk Iran
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 32 x 21.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Sura al-Nisa 4: 157-160.
Script: Eastern Kufi (four lines to a page)
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2025-05-24T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 24, 2025-May 10, 2026).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 15, 2014-December 14, 2015). (1939.507.a only)', 'opening_date': '2014-12-15T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1939
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1939-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 26–29; Reproduced: p. 27
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IMAGES

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