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Page from a Qur'an (verso)
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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-Waqi'ah (The Event, or Day of Resurrection; 56: 1–26) constitute the text.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePage from a Qur'an (verso), 1100s. Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194). 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.b
