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Closing folios from a Mamluk Qur'an.
These two folios were the final page-opening of a monumental Qur'an made in Mamluk Cairo, possibly for Sultan al-Ashraf Sha`ban (r. 1363-76). A complex design of overlapping circles and white strapwork forms the framework for the final two sura titles (above), while the lower frame holds a separate quote ("And perfect are the words of your Lord..." Qur'an 6:115). In 1877, the French scholar Prisse d'Avennes published a colour drawing of a detail of this page-opening (fol. 2r, upper left) in his work on Arab art and design: he had seen the manuscript on display at the international exhibition in Paris, 1867. Other folios from this manuscript: CBL Is 1627, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 09.335, and Manchester John Rylands Ar.42 (the codex).
Two folios, ink, colours and gold on paper, pasted to backboard, Arabic text in muhaqqaq and easteren kufic scripts, with illuminated backdrop, surrounding frame (chahar-lawh) and six marginal motifs, final two suras (113 al-Falaq, and 114 al-Nas) of the Qur'an, with Qur'an verse (6:115 al-An`am) quoted in the lower frame, unsigned, Cairo, Egypt, c. 1360-1380
Closing folios from a Mamluk Qur'an
Is 1628
Is_1628
Islamic Collection
Arabic (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Object by Function/Documents by function/Religious text/Qur'an
Approved Place 2018/Africa/Egypt/Cairo
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Qur'an
Muhaqqaq script
1360-1380
1360
1380
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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
2
740 mm x 965 mm (height x width)
cre
Unknown
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Cairo
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