The Monumental Qur’āns of Sultan Shaʿbān

The Apogee of the Mamluk Arts of the Book

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ID21822936
AuthorsAdeline Laclau (0000-0001-6066-1976, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue2-4
Pages155-211
Publication date2023-01-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Islamic Manuscripts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1878-4631 • E-ISSN: 1878-464X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/1878464x-01401001
OpenAlexW4315796672
LanguageEN
References cited7

This article focuses on the seven monumental Qur’āns made during the reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Shaʿbān II (r. 1363–1378), considered to be the masterpieces of the Mamluk arts of the book. These are MSS Cairo, Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyya Raṣīd 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 54. The aim of this study is to deepen our knowledge of the manufacturing system and the context of production of these manuscripts through the examination of paper formats, writing, and illuminations. This analysis allows us to locate these Qur’āns in the overall context of fourteenth-century manuscripts production, but also to reconsider the place of the two illumination workshops involved in their ornamentation, as well as their relationship with Sultan Shaʿbān and his entourage

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Islam · Literature · Mamluk · Political science · Reign · The arts · Visual arts · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law

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