Page from a Qur'an (recto)
1100s
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Page from a Qur'an (recto), 1100s. Seljuk Iran. Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.488.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Formatted Medium
- ink, gold, and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Sura al-Rahman (55: 73-78 end) and Sura al-Waqi'ah (56: 1-part 26). Script: Eastern Kufi (twenty-three lines to a page)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1933.488.a
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic art rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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