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[edit]Qur’an (pt 7) Manuscript [Marakesh, c1256]. | ||||
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Qur’an (pt 7) Manuscript [Marakesh, c1256]. |
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Style: Mudejar, Moorish inspired geometric|Interlacing ribbon/strapwork; Caption: Unspecified; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified |
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Date | Binding: 13c | |||
Medium | Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind|Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc) | |||
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Shelfmark: Or13192 |
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Place of creation | Binding: Africa | |||
Object history | Text: c1256; Unspecified; Unspecified | |||
Notes | The binding of this Qur’an was probably made during the Marinid dynasty (which ruled the Berber tribe in the thirteenth-century). The Marinids lived in present day Morocco and Spain.enth century example is one of the earliest known. Or.13192 280 x 220 (250 with flap extended) x 288 mm. | |||
References | An examination of tooling in gold and influences of Islamic methods see A R A Hobson, Humanists and Bookbinders, (Cambridge, 1989) and M M Foot, The History of Bookbinding as a Mirror of Society (Panizzi Lectures), London, 1998, p.13, fig.14. Part of the British Library's Asian, Middle Eastern and African Studies Collections. | |||
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