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The Qur'an
(قرآن)

Title	The Qur'an
Title Original	قرآن
Publication Date:	AH 9th century / AD 15th-16th century
Publication Place	Morocco. - National Library, Rabat
Subject	Green paper and liquid silver.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 22 سم؛ الطول : 16.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1304
Record ID	object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;28;ar
Library Location	National Library, Rabat
Date	AH 9th century / AD 15th-16th century
Notes	An incomplete fragment of a Qur’an that consisted of twelve volumes. Each page contains a text of seven lines in cursive letters according to the Moroccan style, written in liquid silver on green paper. Voting and pronunciation markers (sukun and hamza) are indicated in gold, red, and blue. The titles of the surahs, accompanied by the number of verses, were written in golden ink. Each verse was separated from the other by a gilded rosette, consisting of seven corollas surrounded by a hemline, surmounted by eight groups of small gilded dots, grouped into groups each containing three dots. Each group of five verses is indicated by a simplified Kufic letter (ha), with a gilded teardrop shape that is emphasized in the margin by a more important element in the form of a drop of water decorated with tazwīq (a gilded drawing in relief on a red background). This manuscript is a distinguished example of a Qur’an written on paper, not parchment; It shows the new trends in writing that appeared at the end of the Marinid rule. All copies of the Qur’an before the end of the 8th century AH / 14th century AD) were written on parchment, which was considered a noble material worthy of carrying the Qur’anic texts. Paper, which had been manufactured in Morocco since the 9th century AH/15th century AD, remained an unnoble material and was only used for non-sacred writings. The use of paper prevailed only from the Marinid periods, when it began to be used to write down the Qur’an and the Prophet’s hadiths.
Sample Text	Naima El Khatib-Boujibar "Qur'an" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;28;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Naima EL KHATIB-BOUJIBARArchéologue et historienne de l'art, titulaire d'une licence en lettres (française), N. Elkhatib-Boujibar a également étudié l'archéologie et l'histoire de l'art à l'Institut d'art et d'archéologie de Paris, l'art islamique et la muséologie à l'École du Louvre (Paris), et suivi des cours à l'Institut d'ethnographie de l'Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse). Elle a occupé plusieurs postes de responsabilité, parmi lesquels directrice des Musées et de l'Archéologie, inspectrice générale des Musées et de l'Archéologie, déléguée régionale du ministère de la Culture.Elle a dirigé un chantier de fouille durant 20 ans et enseigné à l'Institut national marocain des sciences de l'archéologie et du patrimoine (INSAP). Elle a organisé différentes expositions sur le patrimoine marocain, au Maroc comme à l'étranger, et animé des cycles de conférence, dont celui sur l'art islamique à la “Villa des Arts” à Casablanca.N. El Khatib-Boujibar a publié différents articles sur le patrimoine archéologique, artistique et architectural marocain, mais aussi sur d'autres sites islamiques et sur les arts mobiliers. Elle a également participé à la rédaction du catalogue Musée Sans FrontièresLe Maroc andalou, à la rencontre d'un art de vivre.
Seçili bibliyografya	Allouche, I. S., and Al-Rajraji, A.,Majmoua moukhtara li makhtoutât arabiya nâdira min mâktabat âmma fi al-Maghrib, 1986.Allouche, I. S. and Al-Rajraji, A.,Fahras al-makhtoutât al-arabiyya al-mahfouza fi al-khizâna al-Amma bi Ribat al-Fath,Vol. I, Paris 1954.Al-Razi, J., and Varichon, A.,6000 ans d'art au Maroc, catalogue, Paris, 1990.Dandel, E.,Maroc, les trésors du Royaume, catalogue, Paris, 1999.

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The Qur'an

(قرآن)

Publication Date AH 9th century / AD 15th-16th century

Publication Place Morocco. - National Library, Rabat

Subject Green paper and liquid silver.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 22 سم؛ الطول : 16.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1304

Record ID object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;28;ar

Library Location National Library, Rabat

Date AH 9th century / AD 15th-16th century

Notes An incomplete fragment of a Qur’an that consisted of twelve volumes. Each page contains a text of seven lines in cursive letters according to the Moroccan style, written in liquid silver on green paper. Voting and pronunciation markers (sukun and hamza) are indicated in gold, red, and blue. The titles of the surahs, accompanied by the number of verses, were written in golden ink. Each verse was separated from the other by a gilded rosette, consisting of seven corollas surrounded by a hemline, surmounted by eight groups of small gilded dots, grouped into groups each containing three dots. Each group of five verses is indicated by a simplified Kufic letter (ha), with a gilded teardrop shape that is emphasized in the margin by a more important element in the form of a drop of water decorated with tazwīq (a gilded drawing in relief on a red background). This manuscript is a distinguished example of a Qur’an written on paper, not parchment; It shows the new trends in writing that appeared at the end of the Marinid rule. All copies of the Qur’an before the end of the 8th century AH / 14th century AD) were written on parchment, which was considered a noble material worthy of carrying the Qur’anic texts. Paper, which had been manufactured in Morocco since the 9th century AH/15th century AD, remained an unnoble material and was only used for non-sacred writings. The use of paper prevailed only from the Marinid periods, when it began to be used to write down the Qur’an and the Prophet’s hadiths.

Sample Text Naima El Khatib-Boujibar "Qur'an" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_F;28;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Naima EL KHATIB-BOUJIBARArchéologue et historienne de l'art, titulaire d'une licence en lettres (française), N. Elkhatib-Boujibar a également étudié l'archéologie et l'histoire de l'art à l'Institut d'art et d'archéologie de Paris, l'art islamique et la muséologie à l'École du Louvre (Paris), et suivi des cours à l'Institut d'ethnographie de l'Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse). Elle a occupé plusieurs postes de responsabilité, parmi lesquels directrice des Musées et de l'Archéologie, inspectrice générale des Musées et de l'Archéologie, déléguée régionale du ministère de la Culture.Elle a dirigé un chantier de fouille durant 20 ans et enseigné à l'Institut national marocain des sciences de l'archéologie et du patrimoine (INSAP). Elle a organisé différentes expositions sur le patrimoine marocain, au Maroc comme à l'étranger, et animé des cycles de conférence, dont celui sur l'art islamique à la “Villa des Arts” à Casablanca.N. El Khatib-Boujibar a publié différents articles sur le patrimoine archéologique, artistique et architectural marocain, mais aussi sur d'autres sites islamiques et sur les arts mobiliers. Elle a également participé à la rédaction du catalogue Musée Sans FrontièresLe Maroc andalou, à la rencontre d'un art de vivre.

Seçili bibliyografya Allouche, I. S., and Al-Rajraji, A.,Majmoua moukhtara li makhtoutât arabiya nâdira min mâktabat âmma fi al-Maghrib, 1986.Allouche, I. S. and Al-Rajraji, A.,Fahras al-makhtoutât al-arabiyya al-mahfouza fi al-khizâna al-Amma bi Ribat al-Fath,Vol. I, Paris 1954.Al-Razi, J., and Varichon, A.,6000 ans d'art au Maroc, catalogue, Paris, 1990.Dandel, E.,Maroc, les trésors du Royaume, catalogue, Paris, 1999.