File:Illuminated Manuscript Walters Art Museum Ms. W.554, fol.77b.jpg
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[edit]Illuminated Finispiece of Geometric Design
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Anonymous (Islamic) |
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Illuminated Finispiece of Geometric Design |
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English: This horizontal-format manuscript on parchment is a collection of illuminated fragments of the Qur'an, dating to the late third century AH / ninth CE and possibly to the fifth century AH / eleventh CE. The earlier text is written in an Early Abbasid (Kufic) script, and the later text is in a hand influenced by the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style. Both are in dark brown ink and vocalized with red dots. The codex opens with an illuminated frontispiece (fol. 1a) of geometric design and closes with a similarly decorated finispiece (fol. 77b). Illuminated forms include chapter headings in gold ink with polychrome palmettes extending into the margin, tashdīds highlighted in gold ink, and verse markers for individual verses and groups of five and ten verses. The blind-tooled black goatskin binding, which is attributable to Egypt, is an important example of early Islamic bookbinding.
This illuminated finispiece of geometric design in gold and blue has a marginal palmette. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris. |
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| Date | late 3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid Caliphate) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ink and pigments on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 17.5 cm (6.8 in); width: 27.5 cm (10.8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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W.554.77B |
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| Place of creation | central Arab lands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/medmss/4690936198/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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