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Collection Online as of September 25, 2023

Qur'an Manuscript Folio. Left Folio of a Bifolio (verso)

1300s–1400s

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Egypt, Mamluk period

(1250–1517)

Ink, gold, and colors on paper

Sheet: 23.7 x 16.2 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.); Text area: 15.4 x 8.5 cm (6 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.473.2.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Sura al-Najm [Chapter:The Stars] 53: part 26-part 28 (Arabic) Script: Muhaqqaq (five lines to a page)

Provenance
?–1933
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1933–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.473.2.b