File:Illuminated double-page. Zarin Qalam's Qur'an (CBL Is 1438, ff.124b-125a).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(6,661 × 4,464 pixels, file size: 8.78 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Illuminated double-page. Zarin Qalam's Qur'an, 1186 (CBL Is 1438, ff.124b-125a)

Summary[edit]

Artist
'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b 'Abd al-Rahman al-Katib al-Maliki, called Zarin Qalam (Golden Pen)
Description
English: Illuminated double-page from the Qur'an copied by 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b 'Abd al-Rahman al-Katib al-Maliki, called Zarin Qalam (Golden Pen). The words "Al-Katib al-Maliki", "The Royal Scribe", imply that the calligrapher was the secretary or scribe of a Seljuk ruler. Each page of this manuscript has nineteen lines of text; the first, tenth, and nineteenth lines are written in muhaqqaq, and the two blocks sandwiched in between each comprise eight lines in rayhan. New chapter is introduced by the basmala in black kufic edged with gold. Chapter 26:156-184, 23:10-24:5. Iran, dated 3 August 1186 (15 Jumada I 582). Chester Beatty Library Is 1438, ff.124b-125a
Date 1186
date QS:P571,+1186-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
Is 1438, ff.124b-125a
Source/Photographer illuminated-double-page-zarin-qalam/FgEfMTP6VFW4QQ — Google Arts & Culture

Licensing[edit]

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:13, 16 August 2021Thumbnail for version as of 10:13, 16 August 20216,661 × 4,464 (8.78 MB)Nous (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by Zarin Qalam from https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/illuminated-double-page-zarin-qalam/FgEfMTP6VFW4QQ with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Illuminated_double-page._Zarin_Qalam%27s_Qur%27an_(CBL_Is_1438,_ff.124b-125a).jpg&oldid=668296510"