Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece

1500s

Maker Unknown

Islamic Art

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (Recto); Left Folio of Double-Page Illuminated Frontispiece, 1500s. Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501–1722). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.); text area: 8.4 x 6.4 cm (3 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.746.2.a

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Manuscript
Formatted Medium: ink, gold, and colors on paper
Medium: ink, gold, colors, paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 28 x 17.4 cm (11 x 6 7/8 in.); Text area: 8.4 x 6.4 cm (3 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Translation: Surah I: 1-7: In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being, the All merciful, the All-compassionate, the Master of the Day of Doom Thee only do we serve; to Thee alone do we pray for succour. Guide us in the straight path, the path of those whom Thou has blessed, not of those against whom Thou art wrathful, nor of those who are astray. Left folio (Surah II, 1-4) In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Alif Lam Mim That is the book, wherein is no doubt, a guidance to the godfearing who believe in the Unseen, and perform the prayer, and expend of that We have provided them; who believe in what has been sent down to thee and that had been sent down before thee, and have faith in the Hereafter; those are upon guidance from their Lord, those are the ones who prosper. Sura-al-Baqara [Chapter:The Cow] 2:1-4 (Arabic) Script: Naskhi (five lines to a page) Written in a very tiny hand, in the center of the white border that surrounds the lower rectangle, is the signature of the illuminator. The inscription is damaged, so that the name is illegible. Ir reads: amala [illegible] al-muzahib (the work of [illegible] the illuminator).
Departments: Islamic Art
Accession Number: 1924.746.2.a
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Art: The International Language, Materials of the Artist, The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Islamic art rotation, <em>Main gallery rotation (gallery 116)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).
Rights Statement: CC0