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Juz' 27 of the Qur'an

Title	Juz' 27 of the Qur'an
Author	Cairo
Publication Date:	1332-1336
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	302 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1476
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1332-1336
Notes	Qur'an from Mamluk Cairo. This manuscript contains Juz' 27 of the Qur'an, and it was originally one of a thirty-volume set of the complete text. The opening folios present an illuminated double page, with matching panels of radial geometric design. The central octagons read "The Twenty-Seventh Juz'", in angular white kufic script. Set against gold ground, four lines of smaller text frame these central panels, with a Qur'anic quotation: "Truly this [Qur'an] is a revelation, From the Lord of the worlds, Which the true Spirit has brought down upon your heart, That you may be one of the warners, In clear Arabic language" (Qur'an 26:192-5). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 48 folios, Arabic text in muhaqqaq script, with sura headings in thuluth, and illuminated double page frontispiece (fols. 1v-2r), Juz' 27 of the Qur'an, illumination and calligraphy attributed to Ahmad ibn Kamal ibn Yahya al-Ansari al-Mutatabbib (unsigned), Cairo, Egypt, c. 1332-1336.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Muhaqqaq script, Kufic script, Thuluth script

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Juz' 27 of the Qur'an

Author Cairo

Publication Date 1332-1336

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 302 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1476

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1332-1336

Notes Qur'an from Mamluk Cairo. This manuscript contains Juz' 27 of the Qur'an, and it was originally one of a thirty-volume set of the complete text. The opening folios present an illuminated double page, with matching panels of radial geometric design. The central octagons read "The Twenty-Seventh Juz'", in angular white kufic script. Set against gold ground, four lines of smaller text frame these central panels, with a Qur'anic quotation: "Truly this [Qur'an] is a revelation, From the Lord of the worlds, Which the true Spirit has brought down upon your heart, That you may be one of the warners, In clear Arabic language" (Qur'an 26:192-5). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 48 folios, Arabic text in muhaqqaq script, with sura headings in thuluth, and illuminated double page frontispiece (fols. 1v-2r), Juz' 27 of the Qur'an, illumination and calligraphy attributed to Ahmad ibn Kamal ibn Yahya al-Ansari al-Mutatabbib (unsigned), Cairo, Egypt, c. 1332-1336.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Muhaqqaq script, Kufic script, Thuluth script