THREE QUR'AN BIFOLIA IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM...
THREE QUR'AN BIFOLIA IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM
Spain or Morocco, late 11th - 12th century
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. to the page, six leaves conjoined in three bifolia written in bold maghribi script in sepia ink with diacritics in red, blue and green, clusters of gold roundels with red dots as verse markers, the folio 17.7cm x 23.2cm.
Comparison can be made with two sections of Qur'anic manuscripts exhibited at the Islamic Art Gallery, The King Faisal Centre in 1985. The catalogue observed that the free-flowing maghribi script was fully developed in Spain and the Maghrib by the late 11th century and it soon became the only cursive style which evolved directly from Kufic. The oblong format of the leaves suggests an early date, i.e. late 11th - early 12th century. For further discussion, please see The Unity of Islamic Art, The King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 1985, pp. 28 - 29, no. 11.
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THREE QUR'AN BIFOLIA IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM
Spain or Morocco, late 11th - 12th century
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. to the page, six leaves conjoined in three bifolia written in bold maghribi script in sepia ink with diacritics in red, blue and green, clusters of gold roundels with red dots as verse markers, the folio 17.7cm x 23.2cm.
Comparison can be made with two sections of Qur'anic manuscripts exhibited at the Islamic Art Gallery, The King Faisal Centre in 1985. The catalogue observed that the free-flowing maghribi script was fully developed in Spain and the Maghrib by the late 11th century and it soon became the only cursive style which evolved directly from Kufic. The oblong format of the leaves suggests an early date, i.e. late 11th - early 12th century. For further discussion, please see The Unity of Islamic Art, The King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 1985, pp. 28 - 29, no. 11.
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