The Ruzbihan Qur'an
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Object Information
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- Object no.:
- Is 1558
- Object name:
- Codex
- Title:
- The Ruzbihan Qur'an
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Ruzbihan Muhammad al-Tab'i al-Shirazi
Shiraz
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Islamic Collection
- Production date:
- Mid 16th century
- Dimensions:
- 442 mm x 310 mm x 86 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Gold pigment Pigment (material) Ink (material)
- Language:
- Arabic (language)
- Script type:
- Thuluth script Naskh script
- Description:
- Qur'an, bound codex, 445 folios, ink, gold and pigments on paper, Arabic calligraphy and illumination, signed by Ruzbihan Muhammad al-Tab`i al-Shirazi (f.445r), Shiraz, Iran, c. 1535-1565. Produced in the city of Shiraz, this splendid Qur’an is an extraordinary example of the arts of the book in sixteenth-century Iran. The sacred text was written out by renowned master-calligrapher Ruzbihan. He used three different scripts to copy out the main text and further calligraphic styles for the chapter headings. Throughout the manuscript, the Qur'anic text is accompanied by a rich programme of sophisticated and colourful illumination, dominated by burnished gold and deep lapis blue.
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