Double Opening. Two Folios from a Mamluk Qur'an (CBL Is 1627)
Summary
Double Opening. Two folios, ink, colours and gold on paper, Arabic text in muhaqqaq, thuluth and kufic scripts, with six illuminated sura-headings and marginal motifs, final lines of sura 90 (al-`Asr) to sura 92 (al-Layl) of the Qur'an, and headings for suras 103, 91, 104, 106, 92, 109 respectively from top right to bottom left), unsigned, Cairo, Egypt, c. 1360-1380. Chester Beatty Library Is 1627
In Muslim tradition the Quran is a final revelation from God, Islam’s divine text, delivered to the Prophet of Islam Muhammad, through the angel Jibril (Gabriel).
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arabic
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cairo
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Date
1300 - 1399
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Source
Chester Beatty, Dublin
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public domain