id: 157141 accession number: 1993.39.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.39.1 updated: 2025-02-09 04:56:55.671000 Folio from a Qur'an; right side of bifolio, 800s. North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid. Gold, ink and colors on parchment; overall: 26.7 x 36.3 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.); folio: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.); text area: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1993.39.1 title: Folio from a Qur'an; right side of bifolio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 800s creation date earliest: 800 creation date latest: 899 current location: creditline: The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid technique: gold, ink and colors on parchment department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 26.7 x 36.3 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.); Folio: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.); Text area: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Sura al-Tur (52: part 37-49). Script: Kufic (fifteen lines to a page) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Oliver Hoare Limited, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1993 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1993- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 224 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.39.1/1993.39.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.39.1/1993.39.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.39.1/1993.39.1_full.tif