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Qur’an (pt 7) Manuscript [Marakesh, c1256].
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Qur’an (pt 7) Manuscript [Marakesh, c1256].
Description
Style: Mudejar, Moorish inspired geometric|Interlacing ribbon/strapwork; Caption: Unspecified; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 13c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind|Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
Accession number
Shelfmark: Or13192
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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