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'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b 'Abd al-Rahman al-Katib al-Maliki, called Zarin Qalam (Golden Pen) |
Description |
English: Illuminated double-page from the Qur'an copied by 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakr b 'Abd al-Rahman al-Katib al-Maliki, called Zarin Qalam (Golden Pen). The words "Al-Katib al-Maliki", "The Royal Scribe", imply that the calligrapher was the secretary or scribe of a Seljuk ruler. Each page of this manuscript has nineteen lines of text; the first, tenth, and nineteenth lines are written in muhaqqaq, and the two blocks sandwiched in between each comprise eight lines in rayhan. New chapter is introduced by the basmala in black kufic edged with gold. Chapter 26:156-184, 23:10-24:5. Iran, dated 3 August 1186 (15 Jumada I 582). Chester Beatty Library Is 1438, ff.124b-125a |
Date |
1186 date QS:P571,+1186-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Is 1438, ff.124b-125a |
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