File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0595 fol 1a.jpg

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Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-'Ajami: Single-volume Qur'an  wikidata:Q107663909 reasonator:Q107663909
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Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-'Ajami  (–1414) wikidata:Q110123040
 
Alternative names
Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-'Ajami al-Mudhahhib
Description illuminator and calligrapher
Date of birth/death 1414 Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Single-volume Qur'an
label QS:Len,"Single-volume Qur'an"
Object type illuminated manuscript / calligraphic work / codex Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The Qur'an bears the signature of Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-'Ajami, who also states that he was its illuminator. The nisbah al-'Ajami suggests that he may have been of central or eastern Anatolian origin ... See full description on web site.
Date dated 784 AH (1382-3 AD)
Medium ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; contemporary blind-tooled morocco covers, set into a modern binding
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
Accession number
QUR 595 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Egypt, probably Cairo
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-single-volume-quran-qur595/ (English) Edit this at Wikidata

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Description Single-volume Qur'an
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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