Qur’an leaf.

İsim	Qur’an leaf.
Basım Tarihi:	Hegira 8th–9th centuries / AD 14th–15th centuries.
Basım Yeri	Probably Egypt. -
Konu	Mamluk — Paper, ink; calligraphy.
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Height 44.8 cm, width 33.5 cm.
Kütüphane:	Museum With No Frontiers
Demirbaş Numarası	BekB-118
Kayıt Numarası	ISL_se_Mus01_6
Lokasyon	Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet).
Tarih	Hegira 8th–9th centuries / AD 14th–15th centuries.
Notlar	The single large leaf comes from a Qur'an manuscript. It shows 11 lines per page written in a finemuhaqqaqscript in black ink on thick, well-polished, pale pink paper. The right edge of the leaf is cut. The text runs fromsuraal-takwir(LXXXI), verse 13, on the recto tosuraal-tatfif(LXXXIII), verse 4, on the verso, which is presented now. Gold rosettes, irregularly decorated with blue dots, indicate the verses. One circular and two ovoid illuminated ornaments in the margin probably contain the wordskhamsaand'ashrato mark every fifth and tenth verse. Both recto and verso pages possess asuraheading written in a whitekuficscript. The headings are set in illuminated rectangular panels, which have in the main field a blue ground decorated with gold arabesques. Each of the panels possesses an ovoid gilded medallion extending into the margin. In the upper part of the recto the wordwaqfis written in a cursive script, suggesting that the Qur'an from which the leaf comes was dedicated to a religious organisation.Themuhaqqaqscript style was used for Mamluk Qur'an manuscripts of the AH 8th and 9th / AD 14th and 15th centuries. This large script has several notable features such as flat, stretched sublinear curves, letters with endings which terminate in sharp points andbreaks between the vertical and horizontal parts of some of the letters. Themuhaqqaqis a style of script suitable for large format books. The use of coloured paper, especially pink, was popular among Mamluk scriptoriums.
Örnek Metin	On this leaf from aQur’anthe text runs fromsuraal-takvir(LXXXI) tosuraal-tatfif(LXXXIII). Both sides have asuraheading. Gold rosettes indicate the verses, with illuminated ornaments in the margin. TheQur’anfrom which the leaf comes probably belonged to a religious organisation. — Bequest from the Békésy collection. — From the style of script and the kind of illumination. — From the style of script and the kind of illumination.
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Friederike VOIGTFriederike Voigt has an MA in Iranian studies, history of art and social science and is currently working on her doctoral thesis on wall tiles in architectural decoration of Qajar Iran. Since 2004 she has been a project-related curator at the Museum for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm for Museum With No Frontiers. She studied at Humboldt University in Berlin, at the University of Tehran and archaeology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. She taught Persian language at several universities in Germany. She was an assistant curator at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Cultures at the Museum of Ethnology, State Museums of Berlin. Her main fields of interest are the material culture of Iran, especially of the Qajar period, and contemporary Iranian art.
Seçili bibliyografya	James, D.,Qur'ans and Bindings from the Chester Beatty Library: A Facsimile Exhibition, Dublin, 1980.James, D.,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, London, 1988.James, D.,The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th centuries AD.The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. II, London, 1992.Lings, M. and Safadi, Y. H.,The Qur'an, London, 1976.Safwat, N. F.,The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries.The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. V, London, 1996.

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Qur’an leaf.

Basım Tarihi Hegira 8th–9th centuries / AD 14th–15th centuries.

Basım Yeri Probably Egypt. -

Konu Mamluk — Paper, ink; calligraphy.

Tür Kitap

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Height 44.8 cm, width 33.5 cm.

Kütüphane Museum With No Frontiers

Demirbaş Numarası BekB-118

Kayıt Numarası ISL_se_Mus01_6

Lokasyon Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet).

Tarih Hegira 8th–9th centuries / AD 14th–15th centuries.

Notlar The single large leaf comes from a Qur'an manuscript. It shows 11 lines per page written in a finemuhaqqaqscript in black ink on thick, well-polished, pale pink paper. The right edge of the leaf is cut. The text runs fromsuraal-takwir(LXXXI), verse 13, on the recto tosuraal-tatfif(LXXXIII), verse 4, on the verso, which is presented now. Gold rosettes, irregularly decorated with blue dots, indicate the verses. One circular and two ovoid illuminated ornaments in the margin probably contain the wordskhamsaand'ashrato mark every fifth and tenth verse. Both recto and verso pages possess asuraheading written in a whitekuficscript. The headings are set in illuminated rectangular panels, which have in the main field a blue ground decorated with gold arabesques. Each of the panels possesses an ovoid gilded medallion extending into the margin. In the upper part of the recto the wordwaqfis written in a cursive script, suggesting that the Qur'an from which the leaf comes was dedicated to a religious organisation.Themuhaqqaqscript style was used for Mamluk Qur'an manuscripts of the AH 8th and 9th / AD 14th and 15th centuries. This large script has several notable features such as flat, stretched sublinear curves, letters with endings which terminate in sharp points andbreaks between the vertical and horizontal parts of some of the letters. Themuhaqqaqis a style of script suitable for large format books. The use of coloured paper, especially pink, was popular among Mamluk scriptoriums.

Örnek Metin On this leaf from aQur’anthe text runs fromsuraal-takvir(LXXXI) tosuraal-tatfif(LXXXIII). Both sides have asuraheading. Gold rosettes indicate the verses, with illuminated ornaments in the margin. TheQur’anfrom which the leaf comes probably belonged to a religious organisation. — Bequest from the Békésy collection. — From the style of script and the kind of illumination. — From the style of script and the kind of illumination.

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Friederike VOIGTFriederike Voigt has an MA in Iranian studies, history of art and social science and is currently working on her doctoral thesis on wall tiles in architectural decoration of Qajar Iran. Since 2004 she has been a project-related curator at the Museum for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm for Museum With No Frontiers. She studied at Humboldt University in Berlin, at the University of Tehran and archaeology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. She taught Persian language at several universities in Germany. She was an assistant curator at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Cultures at the Museum of Ethnology, State Museums of Berlin. Her main fields of interest are the material culture of Iran, especially of the Qajar period, and contemporary Iranian art.

Seçili bibliyografya James, D.,Qur'ans and Bindings from the Chester Beatty Library: A Facsimile Exhibition, Dublin, 1980.James, D.,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, London, 1988.James, D.,The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th centuries AD.The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. II, London, 1992.Lings, M. and Safadi, Y. H.,The Qur'an, London, 1976.Safwat, N. F.,The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries.The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. V, London, 1996.