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An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 10th century
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An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 10th century
拍品描述：
text: Qur'an, surah al-waq'iah (LVI), middle of verse 19 to end of verse 25
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 3 lines to the page written in Kufic script in dark brown ink, diacritics in red and green, verses separated by triangular clusters of 6 gold dots,khamsand'ashrmarked by gold and polychrome illuminated roundels, framed
22.8 by 31.8cm.
This leaf comes from an important dispersed Qur'an notable for its unusually attenuated and elegant script.The wide spacing of the lines on the page,withonly three lines present on each page, means that this Qur'an manuscriptas a whole would most likely have reached over a thousand leaves, using a very large quantity of parchment and therefore being a very expensive commission. This luxury aspect of the manuscript is confirmed by the very large and ornate illuminated devices used to mark thesurahheadings and the fifth and tenth verses, as visible on this leaf.
The script is very distinctive, with very tall vertical letters (alif, lamandlam/alif),wide, curving terminalnunand the thin, trailingloops of the tails ofterminalmim.Letter forms of this distinct type are foundon only two other known Qur'ans (see, for instance, Lings and Safadi 1976, no.24; Paris 1982, no.9; Berlin 1980, no.35, and Sotheby's London, 12 October 2000, lots 30-31 (where further references are given).
Déroche gives this script a category of its own - D.Vc (see Déroche 1992, pp.44-45, 109,111). The dramatic contrast created on the page by the juxtaposition of the tall verticals and the large, looping curves is further enhanced by the relatively small size of the remaining letter-forms, which appear almost diminutive in comparison. These distinctive aspects of the script indicate that the scribe approached the preparation of this manuscript with a specific aesthetic and graphic intention, creating an arresting calligraphy of contrast and visual rhythm. The combination of the unusual aesthetic andthe luxury aspects mentioned above point to this Qur'an having been a specific commission for a princely patron.
Other leaves from this Qur'an are in the Aga Khan Museum Collection (see London 2007,no.4, p.33); the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (al-Andalus, fig.1, p.117), the Tareq Rajab Museum,Kuwait, and the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London (Déroche 1992, no.58).Further leaves have been sold in these rooms, 19 October 2016, lot 151, 12 October 2010,lot 13.
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 3 lines to the page written in Kufic script in dark brown ink, diacritics in red and green, verses separated by triangular clusters of 6 gold dots,khamsand'ashrmarked by gold and polychrome illuminated roundels, framed
22.8 by 31.8cm.
This leaf comes from an important dispersed Qur'an notable for its unusually attenuated and elegant script.The wide spacing of the lines on the page,withonly three lines present on each page, means that this Qur'an manuscriptas a whole would most likely have reached over a thousand leaves, using a very large quantity of parchment and therefore being a very expensive commission. This luxury aspect of the manuscript is confirmed by the very large and ornate illuminated devices used to mark thesurahheadings and the fifth and tenth verses, as visible on this leaf.
The script is very distinctive, with very tall vertical letters (alif, lamandlam/alif),wide, curving terminalnunand the thin, trailingloops of the tails ofterminalmim.Letter forms of this distinct type are foundon only two other known Qur'ans (see, for instance, Lings and Safadi 1976, no.24; Paris 1982, no.9; Berlin 1980, no.35, and Sotheby's London, 12 October 2000, lots 30-31 (where further references are given).
Déroche gives this script a category of its own - D.Vc (see Déroche 1992, pp.44-45, 109,111). The dramatic contrast created on the page by the juxtaposition of the tall verticals and the large, looping curves is further enhanced by the relatively small size of the remaining letter-forms, which appear almost diminutive in comparison. These distinctive aspects of the script indicate that the scribe approached the preparation of this manuscript with a specific aesthetic and graphic intention, creating an arresting calligraphy of contrast and visual rhythm. The combination of the unusual aesthetic andthe luxury aspects mentioned above point to this Qur'an having been a specific commission for a princely patron.
Other leaves from this Qur'an are in the Aga Khan Museum Collection (see London 2007,no.4, p.33); the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait (al-Andalus, fig.1, p.117), the Tareq Rajab Museum,Kuwait, and the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London (Déroche 1992, no.58).Further leaves have been sold in these rooms, 19 October 2016, lot 151, 12 October 2010,lot 13.