A Quranic fragment from the Ilkhanid period, from the Al-Ahzab (33:37) to Saba (34:22), forming a near-complete Qur'anic Hizb, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Persia, c.1300 AD.] 8 leaves, single column, nine lines of elegant black muhaqqaq with interlinear translation to Persian in naskh, one illuminated opening to Surah Saba (XXXIII) with white thuluth against gold and polychrome decorated panels with adjacent circular device, 10 marginal ornaments decorated in white, gold and turquoise, floral roundels marking the verses, also in gold and turquoise, some light offsetting, a few leaves with light waterstaining along upper edge, 470 by 325mm. (written space 375 by 230 mm.), housed in a later sheep Mamluk-style binding, covers ruled in gold with central circular decorations stamped in blind with gold highlights, lightly rubbed This Qur’an represents an important shift in Persian art-history following the reign of IL-Khan, who followed a line of Mongol rulers in Eastern Persia, converted to Islam in 1295 AD., and actively supported a new wave of Islamic artistic production in support of his new found faith. This fragment was once part of a monumental Qur'an commissioned at the height of this artistic movement, using the fine and artistic muhaqqaq script that first appeared in the East from about the thirteenth century. The most distinguishing features of this style are its merging of Eastern Asian influences with the existing Perso-Islamic artistic styles of the period.
A Quranic fragment from the Ilkhanid period, from the Al-Ahzab (33:37) to Saba (34:22), forming a near-complete Qur'anic Hizb, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Persia, c.1300 AD.] 8 leaves, single column, nine lines of elegant black muhaqqaq with interlinear translation to Persian in naskh, one illuminated opening to Surah Saba (XXXIII) with white thuluth against gold and polychrome decorated panels with adjacent circular device, 10 marginal ornaments decorated in white, gold and turquoise, floral roundels marking the verses, also in gold and turquoise, some light offsetting, a few leaves with light waterstaining along upper edge, 470 by 325mm. (written space 375 by 230 mm.), housed in a later sheep Mamluk-style binding, covers ruled in gold with central circular decorations stamped in blind with gold highlights, lightly rubbed This Qur’an represents an important shift in Persian art-history following the reign of IL-Khan, who followed a line of Mongol rulers in Eastern Persia, converted to Islam in 1295 AD., and actively supported a new wave of Islamic artistic production in support of his new found faith. This fragment was once part of a monumental Qur'an commissioned at the height of this artistic movement, using the fine and artistic muhaqqaq script that first appeared in the East from about the thirteenth century. The most distinguishing features of this style are its merging of Eastern Asian influences with the existing Perso-Islamic artistic styles of the period.
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