Sections from a large illuminated Qur'an, Egypt, Mamluk, first half 14th century
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October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
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40,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Sections from a large illuminated Qur'an, Egypt, Mamluk, first half 14th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 77 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, 13 lines to the page written in muhaqqaq in black ink, verses separated by gold rosettes with red and blue dots, surah headings in large gold thuluth, further text divisions marked by gold thuluth in margins and illuminated marginal medallions, incomplete, in brown leather binding with flap, cream leather doublures
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44.7 by 32cm.
This impressive manuscript is closely related to a Mamluk Qur’an commissioned for the Mamluk Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad in the Keir collection, signed by Muhammad ibn Bilbek al-Muhsini (James 1988, p.224, no.12). Both share a distinctive feature of the surah headings written in gold outlined in black with the sin often sitting above a cluster of three dots. The large scale of this manuscript coupled with its close relation to the Keir collection manuscript makes it likely that this was also a royal Mamluk commission.
Further folios from this manuscript were offered in these rooms 23 May 1986, lot 279, and two single leaves were sold at Sotheby’s, Doha, 16 December 2010, lot 134.
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