Upper cover of a bookbinding
Bookbinding
15th century (made)
15th century (made)
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1 bookbinding cover. Brown leather over paper pasteboards; blind and gold tooling; doublures removed.
This cover is almost certainly from a Qurʾān. 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 Kūfic 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.
This cover is almost certainly from a Qurʾān. 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 Kūfic 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.
Object details
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| Title | Upper cover of a bookbinding |
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| Brief description | Detached binding, [Upper cover of a bookbinding], [Egypt or Syria, 15th century]. |
| Physical description | 1 bookbinding cover. Brown leather over paper pasteboards; blind and gold tooling; doublures removed. This cover is almost certainly from a Qurʾān. 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 Kūfic 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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| Production type | Unique |
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| Object history | Accessioned in 1869. Transferred from Art Museum to National Art Library. |
| Other number | 38041701007510 - NAL barcode |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 1070B-1869 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2017 |
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