The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 28, 2023

Leaf from a Qur'an

1000s-1100s

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Egypt ?

Ink, gold, and colors on paper

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.481

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Sura al-Isra' [Chapter: The Israelites] (17: part 53–56) (Arabic). Script: Eastern Kufi (nine 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
Exhibition history

Oriental Art. Berea College, Berea, Kentucky (November 1-December 1, 1962).

Oriental Art. Berea College, Berea, KY (organizer) (November 1-December 1, 1962).

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