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The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th centuries AD (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) - Hardcover
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This, the second of the four-volume catalogue of the Qur'anic material in the Collection, covers the period from AD 1000 to 1400 and includes examples from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, India, Spain and North Africa. The 56 items presented here include a Qur'an written in gold in 12th-century Iraq; one of a small group of Qur'ans known to have been produced in Valencia in the same period; and what may be the earliest surviving Qur'an from India. Even more remarkable is a section from a 30-part Qur'an written by Yaqut al-Musta'simi, the greatest Islamic calligrapher of the later Middle Ages: other sections from the same Qur'an are in Istanbul and Dublin, but this is the only one to retain its original illumination. These important items are the subject of substantial new studies and other essays cover Qur'an production in Damascus and manuscript patronage in Shiraz under the Inju'ids and Muzaffarids. The detailed catalogue entries are complemented by multiple colour illustrations, and colophons and other significant documentation are reproduced with full translations.
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`intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated' Weekend FT
'A massive 30-volume survey of the arts of Islam open with three opulent volumes on Qur'ans, The Abbasid Tradition, The Master Scribes and After Timur,intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated.' Susan Moore, Financial Times
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- PublisherKhalili Collections
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 1874780528
- ISBN 13 9781874780526
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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THE NASSER D. KHALILI COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART.VOL II The Master Scribes. Qur'ans of the 11th-14th C.
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ISBN 10: 1874780528
ISBN 13: 9781874780526
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Hard Back in Slipcase. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 240pp Mint. 58 Items representing Qur'anic material from Spain to India. Heavy item, please ask for a quote for postage. Seller Inventory # 29879
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The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th Centuries AD (The Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. II)
Published by
Khalili Collections, 1992
ISBN 10: 1874780528
ISBN 13: 9781874780526
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 36.5 by 26.5vm., 240pp., fully illustrated in colour. The 56 items presented here include a Qur'an section written in gold in 12th-century Iraq; one of a small group of Qur'ans known to have been produced in Valencia in the same period; and what may be the earliest surviving Qur'an from India. Even more remarkable is a section from a 30-part Qur'an written by Yaqut al-Musta'simi, the greatest Islamic calligrapher of the later Middle Ages: other sections from the same Qur'an are in Istanbul and Dublin, but this is the only one to retain its original illumination. With slipcase. Seller Inventory # ABE-1721045825172
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