The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Qur'an Manuscript Folio
1200s–1300s
Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.440
Location: Not on view
Description
This page from the “Chapter of Light” (24:59–61) in the Qur'an is written in the monumental script of Islamic Spain and North Africa, known as Maghribi Kufic. Words flow rhythmically with curving flourishes toward the left margin where letters end in almost perfect semicircles, an elegant hallmark that contrasts with the upright shafts. Distinctive markings—vowels in red and diacritics in blue—identify the vocalization of the text, which would have been read or recited aloud to an assembly.- ?-1933(Mehmet Aga-Oglu [1896–1949], Ann Arbor, MI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1933-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012. Reproduced: pp. 110-111
- Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020).Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 116). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).The Heritage of Islam. Houston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, D.C. (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983).Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (January 11-March 11, 1979); The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (April 17-May 27, 1979); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (June 28-August 12, 1979); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (September 14-October 28, 1979).Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
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