A PINK QURAN FOLIO, ANDALUSIA, 13TH CENTURY, SPAIN
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A PINK QURAN FOLIO, ANDALUSIA, 13TH CENTURY, SPAIN
Qur’an XL sura al-Mu’min v.24(part), v.25, v.26(part)
Arabic manuscript on dyed paper, 5ll. of bold sepia maghrib script, diacritics in gold outlined
in black, shaddah and sukun in blue, gold dots correspond hamza al-kat’, green dots
correspond hamza al-wasl, gold and black roundel verse marker, recto with illuminated
marginal gold tear drop marking ‘hams’, outlined with blue, upper margin with punched
inventory inscription,
Folio 30,4 x 23,3 cm
The attribution of these striking pink folios to Spain is based primarily on the use of paper. In
the Maghreb, parchment remained in frequent use for the writing of Qur'ans into the 19th
century. Spain, however, had been manufacturing and using high quality paper for
manuscripts of all kinds for some time. Manuscripts like this one, on pink dyed paper are
believed to have been produced in Jativa, near Valencia, the site of the earliest documented
paper mill in Spain (Marcus Fraser and William Kwiatkowski, Ink and Gold: Islamic
Calligraphy, Berlin and London, 2006, p.64).
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