Qur'an Manuscript Folio

800s-900s

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Title: Qur'an Manuscript Folio
Date Created: 800s-900s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 13 x 17.4 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Calligraphy
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.483
Medium: ink, gold, and color on parchment
Inscriptions: Sura Al-Tawba 9: part 33 - part 37. Kufi Script (fourteen lines to a page)
Department: Islamic Art
Culture: Egypt?, Abbasid Period, 9th century
Credit Line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Collection: Islamic Art
Accession Number: 1933.483

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