Author
Sultan Al-Zuhair Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq (r. AH 842–57 / AD 1438–53).
Publication Date
842-857 AH / 1438-1453 AD
Publication Place
Cairo. -
Museum of Islamic Art
Subject
The pages are made of paper written in Mamluk Thuluth script in black and red ink with the use of gilding, and the cover is made of leather decorated with die-pressing.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 40 سم ؛ العرض: 30 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
18075
Record ID
object;ISL;eg;Mus01;9;ar
Library Location
Museum of Islamic Art
Date
842-857 AH / 1438-1453 AD
Notes
The cover of the Qur’an consists of two covers of light brown leather. In the middle of the right side of the cover is a bowl with remnants of unclear decorations executed using the pressure method, a method that was known for applying decorations to the skins of books and manuscripts. The Qur’an opens with a page bearing a bowl decorated with gilded floral decorations on a blue background, on which is written in Mamluk third script the text, “With the drawing of the honorable shrine, Sultan Al-Malik Al-Zahir Abu Sa’id Jaqmaq, the glory of his victory.” This page is followed by five pages containing supplications and explanations of the principles of Tajweed, also written in thuluth script. These pages are followed by those containing Quranic surahs, the first of which is two facing pages, the right page of which includes a rectangular frame outlined in blue, inside which is written the title of Surat Al-Fatihah in Thuluth script, surrounded at the top and bottom by floral decorations. As for the surah itself, it was written inside a rectangular frame whose edges on three sides are decorated with colorful floral decorations. The opposite page contains the same design and decoration, but includes the name of Surat Al-Baqarah and its first verses. The right side of the first page and the left side of the second page are each decorated with three ornaments, two of which are round containing gilded floral decorations, and one, the middle one, is a decorative ornament of a colored lotus flower. The beginnings of the one hundred and fourteen surahs of the Qur’an are labeled with gilded writing in thuluth script on a blue background with floral decorations, within a rectangular frame. Each verse of the Qur’an is separated from the next verse by a decorative ornament consisting of a golden flower with petals, and each petal is separated from the other by a colored dot. On the right and left of some pages of the Qur’an, there are decorative circular ornaments with gilded floral decoration inside them. The number of lines on each page is thirteen.
Sample Text
Al-Sayyed Muhammad Khalifa Hammad “The Holy Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;eg;Mus01;9;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
Prepared by:Al-Sayyed MUHAMMAD KHALIFA HAMMADHe holds a BA in Islamic Antiquities from the Faculty of Art, Cairo University and an MA in the same field from Assiut University. He has been working at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, since 1974 and attended a training course at Vienna Museum in 1977. He has supervised sections of glass and manuscripts and, currently, coins. At the Museum he has participated in preparing exhibitions at home and abroad and has been a member of several inventory committees. From 1988 to 1999 he worked as a lecturer at Om al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and registered and organised the display of the acquisitions of the Civilisation Museum at the Shari'a and Islamic Studies Faculty at the University.
Seçili bibliyografya
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