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The Abbasid Tradition (Hardcover, New edition)
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The Abbasid Tradition (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, 1
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The Khalili Collection contains the largest and most comprehensive
range of Qur'anic material in private hands. This, the first of
four volumes devoted to the subject, covers the three major styles
of Qur'anic calligraphy that came into existence before AD 1000.
The catalogue contains 98 items which are described and illustrated
in colour. Included among these are a significant number of
complete manuscripts, some with their original bindings; two folios
from the famous 9th-century Qur'an which was written in gold on
blue parchment; and two quires from a 10th-century Qur'an, the only
copy known to have been produced in Sicily. The introduction
includes a survey of the codicology and illumination of early
Qur'ans, and discusses problems of classification and dating. The
author's system of classifying early Qur'anic scripts is set out in
five tables, and the calligraphic styles themselves are discussed
in three essays (Hijazi script; Early Abbasid scripts, and the New
Style).
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