THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
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October 23, 11:03 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (V), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
surah al-Nisa (IV), v.24 to v.147
Arabic manuscript on cream polished paper, 49 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 5 lines to the page, written in muhaqqaq in black ink, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, tenth verse marked with gold and polychrome roundels in the margins, fifth verse marked with a polychrome and gold palmette, f.1a with a gold and polychrome illumination consisting of an eight-lobed central design encircled by geometrical and floral scrolls in gold, blue, green and red, f.1b with the juz title written in white tawqi outlined in gold, against a red ground within a green and blue cartouche, in brown leather binding decorated with a central stamped medallion, the doublures with interlacing designs, with flap
23.2 by 16.5cm.
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qur’ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.48, pp.196-9.