THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (V), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

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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.