id:			157140
accession number:	1993.39
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Qur'an Manuscript Folio, 800s. North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid, 9th century. Gold, ink and colors on parchment; sheet: 26.7 x 36.3 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1993.39

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio
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creation date:			800s
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		899
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid, 9th century
technique:	gold, ink and colors on parchment
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 26.7 x 36.3 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Kufic calligraphy. Text on the right page is the opening of the Chapter of the Star (53:1–21) and text on the left page is from the Chapter of the Moon (54:13–27).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 14, 2012-December 9, 2013).', 'opening_date': '2012-11-14T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Oliver Hoare Limited, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1993
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1993-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lings, Martin. <em>The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination</em>. London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1976.
	page number: 	Comparative Material Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 18, nos. 3,4.
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	Ülker, Muammer. <em>Türk Hat Sanati [</em>= The Art of Turkish Calligraphy from the Beginning Up to Present]. Ankara: Türkiye is Bankasi, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 106, 108; Reproduced: pp. 107, 105
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	Deroche, Francois. <em>The Abbasid tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD</em>. [London]: Nour Foundation in association with Azmimuth and Oxford University Press, 1992.
	page number: 	Comparative Material Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 90–91, cat. 41
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	Auld, Sylvia, "Review of F. Deroche, The Abassid Tradition" Qur'ans of the 8th to the 10th Centuries A.D...," in <em>Oriental Art</em> 39 no. 3 (1993): 93.
	page number: 	p. 93
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	"1993 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (1994): 143-218.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198; Mentioned: p. 158
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457

	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. 224
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