A PINK QUR'AN PAGE
A PINK QUR'AN PAGE

ANDALUSIA, 13TH CENTURY

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A PINK QUR'AN PAGE
ANDALUSIA, 13TH CENTURY
Qur'an XLIV, sura al-dukhan, v.57 to Qur'an XLV, sura al-jathiyah, middle of v.3, Arabic manuscript pink paper, 5ll. of bold sepia Andalusian maghribi, gold diacritics outlined in black, shadda and sukkun in blue, hamza marked by yellow and green dots, gold and black verse roundels with abjad counters, verso with a large drop-shaped gold and black khams marginal marker, recto with a sura heading with 2ll. of kufic set inside a gilt strapwork cartouche issuing gilt marginal medallion, upper margin with pounced library mark

Folio 12 x 9¼in. (30.4 x 23.3cm.)

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

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The attribution of these striking pink folios to Spain is based primarily on the use of paper. In the Maghreb, parchment remained in frequent use for the writing of Qur'ans into the 19th century. Spain, however, had been manufacturing and using high quality paper for manuscripts of all kinds for some time. Manuscripts like this one, on pink dyed paper are believed to have been produced in Jativa, near Valencia, the site of the earliest documented paper mill in Spain (Marcus Fraser and William Kwiatkowski, Ink and Gold: Islamic Calligraphy, Berlin and London, 2006, p.64).

A number of folios from this manuscript are in public collections, while others have appeared at auction. 215 folios, formerly in the collection of Maréchal Lyautey were sold at the Hotel Georges V, Paris, 30 October 1975, lot 488, and quickly appeared at Sotheby's, 14 April 1976, lot 247. Other leaves from this manuscript have since sold in these Rooms, including a single folio and a bifolium, 26 April 2012, lots 135 and 136, a folio on 10 October 2013, lot 70 and a continuous section, 4 October 2012, lot 86. In addition a single folio with an illuminated sura heading sold in these Rooms, 10 October 2013, lot 70.

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