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Translation of the Qur'an
(تجليد قرآن)

Title	Translation of the Qur'an
Title Original	تجليد قرآن
Publication Date:	7th - 8th century AH / 13th - 14th century AD. The Qur’an: 531 AH / 1178 AD
Publication Place	- royal treasury; Rabat
Subject	Leather embossed with iron and gilded with iron.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 16.2 سم؛ العرض: 15.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	12609
Record ID	object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;15;ar
Library Location	royal treasury; Rabat
Date	7th - 8th century AH / 13th - 14th century AD. The Qur’an: 531 AH / 1178 AD
Notes	This binding concerns a one-volume Qur’an dating back to the Almohad period. The latter wrote in Andalusian cursive characters on covered parchment, the same square size as the manuscript it protects. This binding, decorated with intense geometric and floral decoration, consists of two surfaces, joined by snap-joints, closed by a fold of iron-embossed red leather and reinforced by a layer of cardboard. The central structure of the two surfaces consists of a square studded with octagonal stars, emanating different polygonal shapes generated by geometric interlacing, the edges of which are covered with a gilded and incised decorative element. This composition is surrounded by three overlapping frames of varying width, decorated with double-branched interlacing and braiding, and straight and curvilinear interlacing branches, the spaces of which are filled by small, simplified, gilded flowers with small chains. The snap-joints, corresponding to the thickness of the volume, are decorated with rosettes gathered in the form of small bunches and inserted between the knots of an interwoven chain. Judging by the intensity of its decoration, the binding is not contemporary with the Qur’an it protects, and was not executed before the Marinid period. There is no doubt that it underwent subsequent renovation, as suggested by its state of preservation and the oriental-style floral decorative elements painted on the back of the partitions. Indeed, these bouquets of vase decorations embodying Turkish-Indian influence were not introduced into the decorative record of Moroccan art until the beginning of the AH 11th century / AD 17th century.
Sample Text	Naima El Khatib-Boujibar “Binding of the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;15;ar

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Translation of the Qur'an

(تجليد قرآن)

Publication Date 7th - 8th century AH / 13th - 14th century AD. The Qur’an: 531 AH / 1178 AD

Publication Place - royal treasury; Rabat

Subject Leather embossed with iron and gilded with iron.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 16.2 سم؛ العرض: 15.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 12609

Record ID object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;15;ar

Library Location royal treasury; Rabat

Date 7th - 8th century AH / 13th - 14th century AD. The Qur’an: 531 AH / 1178 AD

Notes This binding concerns a one-volume Qur’an dating back to the Almohad period. The latter wrote in Andalusian cursive characters on covered parchment, the same square size as the manuscript it protects. This binding, decorated with intense geometric and floral decoration, consists of two surfaces, joined by snap-joints, closed by a fold of iron-embossed red leather and reinforced by a layer of cardboard. The central structure of the two surfaces consists of a square studded with octagonal stars, emanating different polygonal shapes generated by geometric interlacing, the edges of which are covered with a gilded and incised decorative element. This composition is surrounded by three overlapping frames of varying width, decorated with double-branched interlacing and braiding, and straight and curvilinear interlacing branches, the spaces of which are filled by small, simplified, gilded flowers with small chains. The snap-joints, corresponding to the thickness of the volume, are decorated with rosettes gathered in the form of small bunches and inserted between the knots of an interwoven chain. Judging by the intensity of its decoration, the binding is not contemporary with the Qur’an it protects, and was not executed before the Marinid period. There is no doubt that it underwent subsequent renovation, as suggested by its state of preservation and the oriental-style floral decorative elements painted on the back of the partitions. Indeed, these bouquets of vase decorations embodying Turkish-Indian influence were not introduced into the decorative record of Moroccan art until the beginning of the AH 11th century / AD 17th century.

Sample Text Naima El Khatib-Boujibar “Binding of the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;15;ar