An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' III.
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Lapis lazuli and gold: A Mamluk Juz'

[Qur'an Juz']. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' III.

[Mamluk Egypt, ca. 15th century CE].

Large 8vo (170 x 266 mm). 30 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper. Black late muhaqqaq script, 7 lines per page, ruled in red, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers and fully gold-gilt illuminated full-page zahriye (frontispiece). Verse endings and Surah openings are written in gold bordered in blue. 19th century full red morocco, ruled in blind and stamped with gilt.

€ 28.000,00

Illuminated in gold: a complete Mamluk manuscript of the third Juz' of the Qur'an, decorated with gilt verse markers and an intricate full-page headpiece in blue and two different shades of gold leaf. This manuscript is part of the long Islamic manuscript tradition of splitting the Qur'an into thirty sections, called Juz'. Each Juz' was copied with particularly careful, beautiful Arabic calligraphy; in medieval Mamluk Egypt, muhaqqaq script was a popular choice.

The third Juz' stretches from Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 253 and traditionally to Surah Al 'Imran verse 91, though in this manuscript the copyist elected to deliberately end the Juz' with verse 90. The focus of this work is on fine calligraphy and beautiful gold-on-gold Mamluk illuminated medallion of the first page. A quintessential example of Mamluk-era manuscript production.

Zustand

Subtle paper repairs, including several replaced margins in later (Ottoman) paper; illuminated frontispiece gently rubbed. Very well-preserved.

Art.-Nr.: BN#67520 Schlagwörter: , , ,

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