Islamic Manuscripts

AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE DIWAN OF ANWARI, SIGNED MANSUR NAQQASH, AJMER, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED AH 1025/1616 AD | Christie's

SIGNED MANSUR NAQQASH, AJMER, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED AH 1025/1616 AD

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This Qur’an has been composed in large muhaqqaq and smaller rihani scripts, a pairing which is often seen together, especially in Qur’ans even larger than this one. On some of the more elaborately colored and gilded pages, the calligrapher has also included a highly geometric form of kufic script, written in white, to identify the sura. Qur'an Manuscript Object Name:Non-illustrated manuscript Date:15th–16th century Geography:Turkey God's Help, Illustrated Manuscript, Glory To God, Leather Binding, Persian Calligraphy, Drop Cap, Islamic Caligraphy, Religious Illustration, Medieval Manuscript

God's Help

Illustrated Manuscript

Religious Illustration

Medieval Manuscript

Qur'an Manuscript | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a complete Qur'an manuscript probably produced in Egypt. It contains 383 folios of polished cream or salmon-colored paper with a leather binding embossed with star-formations. The codex has a double illuminated frontispace

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Traditional Book Tattoo

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, Walters Art Museum ms. W.567, Illuminated Manuscript of Three hundred and sixty Sufi questions, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.585, Upper board inside

A small size illuminated copy of the Koran (Qurʾan), complete in one volume. It was executed in Iran by an anonymous scribe probably in 1230 AH / 1814-5 CE and is enclosed in lacquer covers. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.

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Wall Art Canvas Painting

Illuminated Manuscript

Islamic Pictures

Quran Verses

Khalili Collections | Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage | Pilgrimage Certificate

Khalili Collections | Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage | The printed certificate has a view of the Ka‘bah, surrounded by the various structures of the...

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Islamic Illumination

India Pattern

Geometric Pattern Art

Islamic Patterns

Islamic Calligraphy Painting

QUR’AN , BUKHARA OR NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800 | Christie's

BUKHARA OR NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800

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Qur˒an Leaf- Qur˒an Leaf with Interlinear Persian Translation Qur˒an leaf, in Arabic and Persian Sultanate India Possibly 14th century. In this unusual leaf, verses 162–63 of sura 4 (al-Nisā˒, or "Woman") are written in a thuluth-muḥaqqaq script, while an interlinear Persian translation, in a small, cursive script, is written diagonally beneath the lines. | The Morgan Library & Museum Islamic Manuscripts, Persian Calligraphy, Historia Universal, Cursive Script, Islamic Culture, Beautiful Calligraphy, Medieval Manuscript, Illuminated Manuscripts, The Morgan

Beautiful Calligraphy

Medieval Manuscript

Illuminated Manuscripts

The Morgan

Qur˒an Leaf

In this unusual leaf, verses 162–63 of sura 4 (al-Nisā˒, or "Woman") are written in a thuluth-muḥaqqaq script, while an interlinear Persian translation, in a small, cursive script, is written diagonally beneath the lines. Of special interest are the red Kufic inscriptions in the border, a Shi˓ite hadith (a saying of Muḥammad), which suggests the danger of independent Qur˒anic interpretation: A question was asked about the son of the Messenger [of God] and ˓Alī Ibn Abī ṭālib said, Woe unto…

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The Archangel Israfil late 14th-early 15th c. Mamluk.In Islamic belief,as in Christianity, archangels will play a key role in the Last Judgment.Heralding the Day of Resurrection, the angel Israfil blows his trumpet,calling all creatures to assemble in Jerusalem.The celestial being is named not in the Qur’an but in hadith, or the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad,and scholars specify that he sounds his call from the sacred Rock.Made in Egypt or Syria.British Museum. Encyclopedia Britannica, Persian Miniature, Archangel Gabriel, Sacred Text, Ange Demon, Iranian Art, Illuminated Manuscript, Medieval Art, Miniature Art

Encyclopedia Britannica

Illuminated Manuscript

Medieval Art

Miniature Art

The Archangel Israfil | Mamluk | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Archangel Israfil late 14th-early 15th c. Mamluk.In Islamic belief,as in Christianity, archangels will play a key role in the Last Judgment.Heralding the Day of Resurrection, the angel Israfil blows his trumpet,calling all creatures to assemble in Jerusalem.The celestial being is named not in the Qur’an but in hadith, or the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad,and scholars specify that he sounds his call from the sacred Rock.Made in Egypt or Syria.British Museum.

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Opaque Watercolor

Paper Binding

Illustrated Manuscript

'Abd al-Qadir Hisari | Calligraphic Galleon | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calligraphic GalleonSweeping golden calligraphy forms the hull of this galleon, at sail upon a sea composed of miniscule ghubar (dustlike) script. Referred to as calligrams, images composed entirely from calligraphy were created in many regions of the Islamic world, including Persia and India, but were especially popular in Ottoman Turkey

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Single-volume Qur’an (1340–41), copied by Arghun al-Kamili, possibly Iraq, Jalayirid period. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul Islamic Manuscripts, Beautiful Backpacks, Arabic Calligraphy Design, Illumination Art, Arabic Pattern, Calligraphy Art Print, Islam Religion, Turkish Art, Islamic Art Calligraphy

Islamic Manuscripts

Beautiful Backpacks

Arabic Calligraphy Design

Illumination Art

Arabic Pattern

Calligraphy Art Print

Islam Religion

Turkish Art

Islamic Art Calligraphy

A look back at the beautifully inventive art of the Mamluks | Apollo Magazine

The artistic achievements of the Mamluks rival those of the Renaissance, argued Mahonri Sharp Young in a 1981 issue of Apollo magazine

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The Islamic Golden Age | World Civilization

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Islamic manuscripts

AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE DIWAN OF ANWARI, SIGNED MANSUR NAQQASH, AJMER, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED AH 1025/1616 AD | Christie's

SIGNED MANSUR NAQQASH, AJMER, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED AH 1025/1616 AD

Qur'an Manuscript | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a complete Qur'an manuscript probably produced in Egypt. It contains 383 folios of polished cream or salmon-colored paper with a leather binding embossed with star-formations. The codex has a double illuminated frontispace

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, Walters Art Museum ms. W.567, Illuminated Manuscript of Three hundred and sixty Sufi questions, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.585, Upper board inside

Khalili Collections | Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage | Pilgrimage Certificate

Khalili Collections | Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage | The printed certificate has a view of the Ka‘bah, surrounded by the various structures of the...

QUR’AN , BUKHARA OR NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800 | Christie's

BUKHARA OR NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800

Qur˒an Leaf

The Archangel Israfil | Mamluk | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

'Abd al-Qadir Hisari | Calligraphic Galleon | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A look back at the beautifully inventive art of the Mamluks | Apollo Magazine

The artistic achievements of the Mamluks rival those of the Renaissance, argued Mahonri Sharp Young in a 1981 issue of Apollo magazine

The Islamic Golden Age | World Civilization

The Islamic Golden Age | World Civilization

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