Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (30:27-33; 30:33-40)

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Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (30:27-33; 30:33-40)

Egypt, AD 1561–62 / AH 969

Manuscripts; folios

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

21 × 14 3/4 in. (53.34 × 37.47 cm)

The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.73)

Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary

Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This page appears to come from a now dispersed manuscript of the Qur’an, dated AD 1561–62 and signed by the scribe Abu’l-Hasan al-‘Usayli al-Hanafi....

This page appears to come from a now dispersed manuscript of the Qur’an, dated AD 1561–62 and signed by the scribe Abu’l-Hasan al-‘Usayli al-Hanafi. Although Egypt had fallen to the Ottomans in 1517, the beautifully rendered script (a hybrid between rayhani and muhaqqaq), the large format of the page, and the highly polished off-white paper all hark back to the preceding period of Mamluk rule, to which belong some of the finest manuscripts of the Qur’an ever produced.

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Bibliography

Ancient and Islamic Art. New York: Habib Anavian Galleries Ltd., 1979.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

Ancient and Islamic Art. New York: Habib Anavian Galleries Ltd., 1979.
Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Fine Oriental Miniatures, Manuscripts, Islamic Works of Art, and 19th Century Paintings (Sale 4264). New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979.

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