.jpg?w=1)
拍品專文
The Qur'an from which this juz comes has traditionally been ascribed to 1345-50 on the basis of an inscription on the first volume, which is preserved in the National Museum of Damascus (inv.no.13.615). Recent research by Tim Stanley suggests that this inscription has been misread and is of later date than the manuscript and is therefore irrelevant to its dating. Mr Stanley suggest that the Qur'an should more properly be placed in the second quarter of the 14th century, on the basis of its calligraphy and illumination.
The Qur'an and Calligraphy, Bernard Quaritch Catalogue 1213, n.d.(c.1995), no.22.
The Qur'an is copied in muhaqqaq, a script rarely used before the 1320s in Mamluk Qur'ans. Early 14th century material from Syria is scarce, and this is an early example of a new and magnificent type of illumination which was to emerge in Damascus in the 1330s. The illumination is lavish and unusual. It is free of the Chinoiserie elements that became prevalent towards the end of the 1330s. The bands around the sura headings are highly unusual. The band of arabesques in white reserved against a blue ground are slightly archaistic in feel and recall a Qur'an produced in Mosul dated 647/1249-50 sold in these rooms 16 October 2001, lot 12.
On the first folio is a large oval medallion marking the end of the previous juz which again contains the band of arabesques reserved on a blue ground, and there are similar marginal cartouches marking hizb and sajda. The margins are used for tafsir and qira'at and are written in magenta, blue and black naskh.
The second volume is widely dispersed and various folios have appeared at auction.
Sotheby's, 7 December 1971, lots 262-266; 22 April 1980, lot 153; 23 May 1986, lot 260; 19 October 1994, lot 5; 26 April 1995, lot 3; 15 October 1998, lot 21
In these rooms, 14 October 1997 lot 51
This is the largest and most important section of this Qur'an to appear at auction.
The Qur'an and Calligraphy, Bernard Quaritch Catalogue 1213, n.d.(c.1995), no.22.
The Qur'an is copied in muhaqqaq, a script rarely used before the 1320s in Mamluk Qur'ans. Early 14th century material from Syria is scarce, and this is an early example of a new and magnificent type of illumination which was to emerge in Damascus in the 1330s. The illumination is lavish and unusual. It is free of the Chinoiserie elements that became prevalent towards the end of the 1330s. The bands around the sura headings are highly unusual. The band of arabesques in white reserved against a blue ground are slightly archaistic in feel and recall a Qur'an produced in Mosul dated 647/1249-50 sold in these rooms 16 October 2001, lot 12.
On the first folio is a large oval medallion marking the end of the previous juz which again contains the band of arabesques reserved on a blue ground, and there are similar marginal cartouches marking hizb and sajda. The margins are used for tafsir and qira'at and are written in magenta, blue and black naskh.
The second volume is widely dispersed and various folios have appeared at auction.
Sotheby's, 7 December 1971, lots 262-266; 22 April 1980, lot 153; 23 May 1986, lot 260; 19 October 1994, lot 5; 26 April 1995, lot 3; 15 October 1998, lot 21
In these rooms, 14 October 1997 lot 51
This is the largest and most important section of this Qur'an to appear at auction.