id:			157143
accession number:	1993.39.1.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.39.1.b
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:17.815000

Page from a Qur'an (verso), 800s. North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid. Gold, ink and colors on parchment; overall: 26.7 x 73 cm (10 1/2 x 28 3/4 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.b

title:				Page from a Qur'an (verso)
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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
technique:	gold, ink and colors on parchment
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 26.7 x 73 cm (10 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.); Folio: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.); Text area: 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Sura al-Najm (53: 1-part 21). 
Kufi (fifteen lines to a page)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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

	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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