File:Double page from the Sultan Baybars Qur'an. The beginning of Sura Al-Baqara (BL Add Ms 22406, ff.3v-4r).jpg
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editSultan Baybars’ Qur’an, Volume One (BL Add Ms 22406) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Double page from the Sultan Baybars Qur'an. The beginning of Sura Al-Baqara |
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Part of | Sultan Baybars’ Qur’an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | illuminated manuscript / codex / calligraphic work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Double page from the Sultan Baybars Qur'an. The beginning of Sura Al-Baqara. Text page written in gold thuluth script outlined in black, with the chapter heading overlayed in red ink. Copied by Muhammad ibn al-Wahid, illuminated by team of artists headed by Abu Bakr Sandal (other two illuminators were Muhammad ibn Mubadir and Aydughdi ibn ‘Abdallah). Muhammad ibn Mubadir was responsible for the illumination in the first volume, which we know from his inscription from the final folio. Commissioned by Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnagir, future Sultan Baybars II (1309-1310). Cairo, 1304 - 1306. British Library Additional Manuscripts Ms 22406, ff.3v-4r |
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Language | Arabic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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from 1304 until 1306 date QS:P,+1304-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1304-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1306-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper, ink, gold and watercolor paint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 47.5 cm (18.7 in) ; width: 32 cm (12.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+47.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+32U174728 |
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22406, ff.3v-4r |
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Place of creation | Cairo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References | https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/sultan-baybars-quran (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/dst%20discovering%20sacred%20texts/collection%20items/sultan-baybars-quran-add_ms_22406_ff003v-004r.jpg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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