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Qur'ān from Seljuk Konya
This beautiful Qur'ān is richly illuminated with full page compositions at the start and finish of the codex. Both the calligrapher and illuminator sign their names at the end, also giving the date of completing the book, and their location in Konya (Turkey). Their patron Sayf al-Milla was in the entourage of the Seljuk minister Ṣāḥib Atā (d. 1288).
Codex, ink, gold and colours on paper, leather binding with tooled decoration, 335 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1r-3r) and finispiece pages (fols. 328v-333r), and marginal markers throughout, complete text of the Qur'ān, copied by al-Ḥasan ibn Jūbān ibn `Abdullāh al-Qūnawī (from Konya), illumination signed Mukhliṣ ibn `Abdullāh al-Hindī (both signatures on fols. 329v-330r), dedicated to Sayf al-Milla wa al-Dawla wa al-Dīn Sunqur ibn `Abdullāh al-Ṣāḥibī (fols. 332v-333r), from the entourage of Seljuk minister Fakhr al-Dīn `Alī known as Ṣāḥib Atā (d. 1288), Konya, Turkey, dated (fol. 330r) 30 Rabi` II 677H, 19 September 1278.
Qur'an from Seljuk Konya
Is 1466
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Islamic Collection
Arabic (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex
Object by Function/Documents by function/Religious text/Qur'an
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Turkey/İc Anadolu/Konya (province)/Konya
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Turkey/İc Anadolu/Konya (province)/Konya
Codex
Qur'an
Naskh script
1278 (677H)
1278
1278
1278
1278
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Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold
Paper (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
Gold
GOOD
335
112 mm x 98 mm x 62 mm (height x width x depth)
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al-Hasan b. Juban b. Abdullah al-Qunawi
al-Hasan b. Juban b. Abdullah al-Qunawi
Konya
ilu
Mukhlis b. 'Abdullah al-Hindi
Mukhlis b. 'Abdullah al-Hindi
Konya
Illustration, f.1r
Illustration, f.1v
Illustration, f.2r
Illustration, f.2v
Illustration, f.3r
Illustration, f.328v
Illustration, f.329r
Illustration, f.329v
Illustration, f.330r
Illustration, f.330v
Illustration, f.331r
Illustration, f.331v
Illustration, f.332r
Illustration, f.332v
Illustration, f.333r
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