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Add MS 22406
- Record Id:
- 032-003380237
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003380237
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048210250.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056070006.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 22406
- Title:
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Volume one of a seven-volume Qur'an commissioned by Rukn al-Dīn Baybars, later Sultan Baybars II
- Scope & Content:
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Contains first seventh (سبع) of Qur’ān, and commissioning certificate/colophon.
Illuminators for the seven volumes include: Aydughdī ibn 'Abd Allāh al-Badrī; Muḥammad ibn Mubādir (signature in vol. 1); Abu Bakr, known as Ṣandal ( signature in vols 3 and 5).
The entire seven volumes of the Baybars Qur’ān is contained in the following manuscripts:
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- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003380237
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003380237
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff.155
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100056070006.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1304
- End Date:
- 1306
- Date Range:
- 704-05
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 475 mm x 320 mm
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Script: Thuluth; the scribe is Muḥammad ibn al-Waḥīd
Ink: Gold ink outlined in black; sūrah headings in red ink;
Decoration: Frontispiece
Binding: British Museum binding
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from from the antiquarian booksellers T & W Boone 12 June 1858
- Finding Aids:
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Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1177, pp. 535-536
- Publications:
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Baker, Colin F., Qur'an Manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination, Design (London: British Library Press, 2007) pp. 43-56
James, David, Qur’āns of the Mamlūks (London: Alexandria Press/Thames and Hudson, 1988) pp. 34-75
- Exhibitions:
- British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
The Qur'an, World of Islam Festival, British Library, 1976 - 1976 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)