Lot 91 A BOOK OF NAIL WORK CALLIGRAPHY, 20TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3001822
The album comprising 52 leaves with 2 fly leaves and 5 lines of nail-work calligraphy on polished cream paper in elegant thuluth script.
Quran 17 surah Al-Isra, or Bani Israil, the first verse is on the journey of Israa, and most of the surah is on the authority of the Children of Israel. Therefore, it is also called the surah of the Children of Israel.
This work after the script of Ibn Al-Sabaq Al-Hanafi.
24 by 34.5 cm.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Ibn Al-Sabbaq: Ali ibn Sinjar, the imam and the scholar of Bagdad, Taj al-Din Ibn Qutb al-Din al-Baghdadi, born in 661 AH/750 AH.
He was taught half of Sahih al-Bukhari and Ahkaam Ibn TaymiyyahIbn by Abi al-Qasim. Ibn al-Sabbaq became the head of the Mustansiriya school, wrote poems in an elegant script.