Qur'an Manuscript Folio
800s-900s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Qur'an Manuscript Folio, 800s-900s. Egypt?, Abbasid Period, 9th century. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 13 x 17.4 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.); text area: 9 x 14 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.483.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold, and color on parchment
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 x 17.4 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.); Text area: 9 x 14 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Sura Al-Tawba 9: part 33 - part 37. Kufi Script (fourteen lines to a page)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1933.483.a
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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