The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Page from a Qur'an (recto)
1100s
Sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.488.a
Location: not on view
Description
East Persian ornamental Kufic (a script used for Qur’an transcriptions) in black, red, and gold fill this page, which is additionally decorated with gold and blue medallions on its border. Twenty-three lines from the Qur’an’s Sura al-Rahman (The Compassionate, 55: 73–78) constitute the text.- ?-1933Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1933-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 2017-October 29, 2018).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.488.a