A LARGE MONUMENTAL MAMLUK QURAN, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

A complete Quran manuscript on paper, 11 lines to the page, written in bold Muhaqqaq script in black ink, opening illuminated double-page with Quran title in white Thuluth reserved against blue-ground panels with gold flowers, vocalization, diacritics and beginning of each surah in red color, contemporary Mamluk brownish binding with pressure-moulded doublures, outer boards with a central medallion on one side and a geometric motif on the other, each comprising stellar motifs, with flap, might add it later. With monumental dimensions this impressive, complete manuscript of the Quran is a great rarity, whose patron must have been of considerable status and wealth. The production of very large Quran manuscripts was popular among successive Mamluk Sultans and viziers in the fourteenth and early fifteenth century. 48 by 38 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE A similar sold at Christie’s: the Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, in London, lot 11, on 2nd May 2019