THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, COPIED BY QUDRAT ALLAH B. AHMED HIRASI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 961 AH/1553-54 AD
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AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, COPIED BY QUDRAT ALLAH B. AHMED HIRASI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 961 AH/1553-54 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 304 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 19 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold and blue, verses separated by blue dots, surah headings in gold or blue, ‘ashr gold or blue markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown gilt and stamped leather binding
text panel: 5.2 by 4.1cm.
leaf: 7.1 by 6.2cm.
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qur’ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.5, pp.44-45.