Mamluk Qur’ans

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Mamluk Qur’ans are lavishly produced medieval Islamic manuscripts from the Mamluk Sultanate, renowned for their monumental calligraphy, rich illumination, and use of prestigious scripts.

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Mamluk Qur’ans canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic manuscript
Mamluk-period artwork
Qur’an manuscript tradition
religious manuscript
associatedWith Mamluk Sultanate
culturalSignificance key monuments of Mamluk book arts
prestige objects of piety
feature arabesque decoration
carefully ruled text panels
carpet pages
double-page frontispieces
geometric ornament
gold decoration
large-format volumes
marginal medallions
monumental calligraphy
ornamental chapter headings
polychrome inks
rich illumination
verse markers
function endowment to khanqahs
endowment to madrasas
endowment to mosques
liturgical use
royal patronage display
influenced later Ottoman Qur’ans
later Safavid Qur’ans
language Arabic
material burnished pigments
gold leaf
ink
paper
patronage Mamluk emirs
surface form: Mamluk amirs

Mamluk sultans
high-ranking officials
producedIn Cairo
Damascus
region Egypt
Syria
religion Islam
script Arabic script
scriptType bihari (in some Indo-Mamluk contexts)
muhaqqaq
naskh
rayhani
thuluth
timePeriod 13th century
14th century
15th century
useOf prestigious scripts

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Muhaqqaq script historicalUse Mamluk Qur’ans
al-khaṭ al-muḥaqqaq historicalUse Mamluk Qur’ans