Page from a Qur'an (recto) (1100s): Art, History and Details
Page from a Qur'an (recto) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1100s, ink, gold, and colors on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Page from a Qur'an (recto) (1100s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Page from a Qur'an (recto)
- Date: 1100s
- Culture: Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
- Type: Calligraphy
- Technique: 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.)
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Department: Islamic Art
- Accession number: 1933.488.a
Collection credit
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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