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accession number:	1944.495
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.495
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Bookbinding for a Qur'an, 1460–1500. Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period, 15th century. Leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers; overall: 36 x 81.6 cm (14 3/16 x 32 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.495

title:				Bookbinding for a Qur'an
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creation date:			1460–1500
creation date earliest:		1460
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period, 15th century
technique:	leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Book Binding
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measurements: Overall: 36 x 81.6 cm (14 3/16 x 32 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Kirkor [Antoinette] Minassian [1874-1961], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1944
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944-
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Islamic book covers generally have a triangular flap attached to the rear cover of the binding which is tucked under the front cover to protect the outside edge of the pages. The outer covers of this particularly elaborate example feature panels with Qur'anic inscriptions, interlace patterns, and a central medallion filled with floral and arabesque designs. The inner covers offer a superb example of leather openwork, a leather technique that originated in northeastern Iran in the 1400s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/IslamicArtCMA/page/n50

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 721
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 224
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n248

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 224
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n248

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 282
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n302

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 228
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