Book Cover
Cover of a bookbinding. Brown leather over paper pasteboards; blind and gold tooling; doublures removed. This cover is almost certainly from a Urban. The large rectangular inner panel is filled with a complex geometrical interlace forming a number of differing pointed stars with the compartments decorated with dot punches. The main stars are repeated in the four corners of the broad outer margin which contains some of the ninety-nine attributes of Allāh. These are written in Sufi script. The outer border contains frames of cablework patterns, repeated crosses and plain fillets. The pasteboards are made up of many sheets, some of which have fragments of text in a neat naskh script. A number of these appear to deal with grammar and linguistics.
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Brief description | Transferred from Art Museum to National Art Library. |
Physical description | Cover of a bookbinding. Brown leather over paper pasteboards; blind and gold tooling; doublures removed. This cover is almost certainly from a Urban. The large rectangular inner panel is filled with a complex geometrical interlace forming a number of differing pointed stars with the compartments decorated with dot punches. The main stars are repeated in the four corners of the broad outer margin which contains some of the ninety-nine attributes of Allāh. These are written in Sufi script. The outer border contains frames of cablework patterns, repeated crosses and plain fillets. The pasteboards are made up of many sheets, some of which have fragments of text in a neat naskh script. A number of these appear to deal with grammar and linguistics. |
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Gallery label | Jameel Gallery
Book Cover with Geometric Design
Egypt or Syria
1400–1500
The main design is similar to that on the grave panel, but it is made from a 12-pointed star and a figure composed of six pointed cusps, making it appear more complex. The text in the margin quotes 28 names of God mentioned in the Qur’an.
Leather over pasteboard, tooled and gilded
Museum no. 1070B-1869
(2006) |
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Library number | 1070B-1869 |
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Record created | February 2, 2016 |
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