Image: Opening pages from the Mamluk Qur'an (TIEM 450)

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Description: Opening pages from the Mamluk Qur'an. Copied by Shadhi bin Muhammad, illuminated by Aydoğdu al-Badri and Ali bin Muhammad al-Rassam. Commissioned by sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad for his treasury/library (khizanah). Chapter Al-Fakiha and beginning of the chapter Al-Baqara. Naskhi script with incidentals in kufic. Other folios from this Qur'an are in Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 39.793 and Freer Gallery of Art, 38.15; 37.32. Cairo, December 1313. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum 450
Title: Opening pages from the Mamluk Qur'an (TIEM 450)
Credit: https://images.museumwnf.org/zoom/objects/isl/tr/1/22/2.jpg
Author: Shadhi ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyub
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