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Summary

Sultan Sha'ban Qur'an (National Library of Egypt Masahif Rasid 10) wikidata:Q110189681 reasonator:Q110189681
Artist
calligraphy :
creator_role QS:P,Q12681
Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi (–1405) wikidata:Q109851634
Alternative names
Ali ibn Muhammad 'Usfur; Ali ibn Muhammad al-Katib
Description calligrapher and official
Date of birth/death 1405 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Damascus
Work location
Cairo Edit this at Wikidata
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art of illumination :
creator_role QS:P,Q2353833
Ibrahim al-Amidi (1314–1394) wikidata:Q110189622
Description illuminator and muhaddith
Date of birth/death 1314 Edit this at Wikidata 1394 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Diyarbakır Cairo
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Title
Illuminated opening with chapter Al-Fatiha
Object type illuminated manuscript / codex / calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Opening text pages with illuminated chapter headings, verse markers and borders. Mamluk Qur'an copied by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi and illuminated by Ibrahim al-Amidi (attribution). Commisioned by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (1363-1377) for his madrasa in the Khatt Bab al-Wazir. Main text in muhaqqaq jali script, chapter headings and bottom panels in kufic. National Library and Archives of Egypt, Shelfmark Masahif Rasid 10, ff. 2b-3a
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date from 1372 until 1376
date QS:P,+1372-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1372-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1376-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium paper , ink , gold and watercolor paint Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 73.5 cm (28.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 50.8 cm (20 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+73.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+50.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2778411
Accession number
Masahif Rasid 10 ( Egyptian National Library and Archives ) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Cairo Edit this at Wikidata
References D. James, Qur'ans of the Mamluks, Alexandria Press, London, 1988, p. 193-194, 232.
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Captions

Opening double page from the Sultan Shaban's Qur'an. Copied by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mukattib al-Ashrafi and illuminated by Ibrahim al-Amidi (attribution). Cairo, 1372 - 1376. (DK Masahif Rasid 10, ff. 2b-3a)

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