Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo

Name: Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo
Author: Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi

İsim	Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo
Yazar	Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi
Basım Tarihi:	1362
Tür	Resim
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Pompeu Fabra Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_europeana_collections_1100_3411
Lokasyon	Available Online
Tarih	1362
Örnek Metin	Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo. This remarkable Qur'an scroll is over 11m in length. It contains the complete text of the Qur'an, laid out in a sequence of shaped panels and also down the long borders on the sides, with gold-painted margins and leafy illumination throughout. There are also further sections, adding with the powerful primary blessing (baraka) associated with the Qur'an itself: a set of talismanic squares (awfaq) each linked with a different planet, followed by short prayers to the Prophet, the four Rashidun caliphs and Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, all to protect the patron. This combination of Islamic faith with astrological concepts is a good example of "licit magic", a widespread social system of invoking protective unseen forces, used in conjunction with more mainstream religion. Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, Arabic text in naskh script of varying sizes (ghubar, large naskh, and occasionally larger text reserved against the ghubar), text set in a sequence of panels of different shapes (rectangles, stars, ovals, medallions and lobed medallions) on gold and blue foliate illumination, framed within inscribed or plaited borders, the Qu'ran (originally the complete text, but now missing suras 1 to 2:75, 3:40-154) , followed by talismanic squares (awfaq) for each planet, and additional protective prayers (hijab) and eulogies to the Prophet, Four Rashidun Caliphs, and three of the Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, produced for Yalbugha al-`Umari or al-Khassaki (r. 1362-66, former Mamluk amir of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad), colophon signed by Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi, Cairo, Egypt, dated Jumada I-II 763H (colophon one), February-April 1362, and also 15 Dhu'l-Hijja 767H (colophon two), 23 August 1366. Cover, rolled
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Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo

Yazar Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi

Basım Tarihi 1362

Tür Resim

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Pompeu Fabra Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası cdi_europeana_collections_1100_3411

Lokasyon Available Online

Tarih 1362

Örnek Metin Qur'an scroll from Mamluk Cairo. This remarkable Qur'an scroll is over 11m in length. It contains the complete text of the Qur'an, laid out in a sequence of shaped panels and also down the long borders on the sides, with gold-painted margins and leafy illumination throughout. There are also further sections, adding with the powerful primary blessing (baraka) associated with the Qur'an itself: a set of talismanic squares (awfaq) each linked with a different planet, followed by short prayers to the Prophet, the four Rashidun caliphs and Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, all to protect the patron. This combination of Islamic faith with astrological concepts is a good example of "licit magic", a widespread social system of invoking protective unseen forces, used in conjunction with more mainstream religion. Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, Arabic text in naskh script of varying sizes (ghubar, large naskh, and occasionally larger text reserved against the ghubar), text set in a sequence of panels of different shapes (rectangles, stars, ovals, medallions and lobed medallions) on gold and blue foliate illumination, framed within inscribed or plaited borders, the Qu'ran (originally the complete text, but now missing suras 1 to 2:75, 3:40-154) , followed by talismanic squares (awfaq) for each planet, and additional protective prayers (hijab) and eulogies to the Prophet, Four Rashidun Caliphs, and three of the Imams Hasan, Husayn and Ja`far al-Sadiq, produced for Yalbugha al-`Umari or al-Khassaki (r. 1362-66, former Mamluk amir of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad), colophon signed by Muhammad ibn Mansur `Ali al-Hanafi al-Husayni al-Kakhtawi, Cairo, Egypt, dated Jumada I-II 763H (colophon one), February-April 1362, and also 15 Dhu'l-Hijja 767H (colophon two), 23 August 1366. Cover, rolled

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