TWO MAMLUK QUR'AN FOLIOS

EGYPT OR YEMEN, FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY

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TWO MAMLUK QUR'AN FOLIOS
EGYPT OR YEMEN, FIRST HALF 14th CENTURY
Qur'an LXII, sura al-jumu'ah, v.1 to Qur'an LXIII, sura al-munafiqun, v.5, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, each folio with 11ll., the first and last line in strong black muhaqqaq, the sixth line in similar gold thuluth, the remainder in two panels of smaller black naskh, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers and illuminated marginal medallions marking the divisions of text, one folio with two sura headings, the other with one, each in white eastern kufic in gold clouds on a blue and gold illuminated panel issuing further medallions into the margin, mounted, some staining
Each folio 15¼ x 12in. (38.7 x 30.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Another folio from this manuscript is in the Khalili Collection (inv. QUR 850, J. M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection, Abu Dhabi, 2007, no.165, p.143). David James suggests that the distinctive layout, as well as the variety of scripts which include muhaqqaq, thuluth and naskh, indicate that this Qur’an was produced outside the area under direct control of the Mamluk Sultans. He suggests that it might have been copied under Rasulid patronage in Yemen.

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