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Qur'an

Title	Qur'an
Author	Mubarakshah ibn Qutb (Iranian)
Publication Date:	723 AH/AD 1323
Publication Place	Iran, Ilkhanid (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	Folio H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.5 x 13.5 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.559
Library Location	Not on view
Date	723 AH/AD 1323
Notes	Walters manuscript W.559 is an illuminated copy of the Qur'an and was excecuted in Sha'ban 723 AH/AD 1323 by Mubarakshah ibn Qutb, honored with the epithet zarrin qalam (golden pen). Mubarakshah ibn Qutb was one of the 6 pupils of the illustrious calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi (d. 698 AH/AD 1298). This manuscript, with a colophon signed and dated by Mubarakshah (fol. 432a), was produced in Ilkhanid, Iran. It opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece of geometric design painted in blue, black, gold, and green (fols. 1b-2a). Additional ornamentation includes verse markers and textual dividers. The Qur'anic text is written in Naskh script in black ink with chapter headings in gold Tawqi" outlined in black. The Persian interlinear translation in red Naskh likely belongs to a later stage of the manuscript's history, when it was rebound and furnished with new margins. The black goatskin binding has a gold-tooled design of a central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces with doublures of brown leather and filigree decoration. It probably dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th.
Sergi Ayrıntıları	Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Power of the Pen: Islamic Calligraphy in the Fourteenth Century. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington., Masterpieces of Ornament. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı	2007, 1997, 1995-1996, 1988, 1984-1985
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Qur'an

Author Mubarakshah ibn Qutb (Iranian)

Publication Date 723 AH/AD 1323

Publication Place Iran, Ilkhanid (Place of Origin) -

Subject Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions Folio H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.5 x 13.5 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.559

Library Location Not on view

Date 723 AH/AD 1323

Notes Walters manuscript W.559 is an illuminated copy of the Qur'an and was excecuted in Sha'ban 723 AH/AD 1323 by Mubarakshah ibn Qutb, honored with the epithet zarrin qalam (golden pen). Mubarakshah ibn Qutb was one of the 6 pupils of the illustrious calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi (d. 698 AH/AD 1298). This manuscript, with a colophon signed and dated by Mubarakshah (fol. 432a), was produced in Ilkhanid, Iran. It opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece of geometric design painted in blue, black, gold, and green (fols. 1b-2a). Additional ornamentation includes verse markers and textual dividers. The Qur'anic text is written in Naskh script in black ink with chapter headings in gold Tawqi" outlined in black. The Persian interlinear translation in red Naskh likely belongs to a later stage of the manuscript's history, when it was rebound and furnished with new margins. The black goatskin binding has a gold-tooled design of a central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces with doublures of brown leather and filigree decoration. It probably dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th.

Sergi Ayrıntıları Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Power of the Pen: Islamic Calligraphy in the Fourteenth Century. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington., Masterpieces of Ornament. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Sergi Yılı 2007, 1997, 1995-1996, 1988, 1984-1985

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters