Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.

Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.

£2,500
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Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
  • Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.
Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.

Manuscripts of The Holy Qur’an from The Beginning to The Fall of Baghdad H656 AD1258. TWO VOLUMES.

£2,500

ID #17247

James, David.

Folio. Plates Volume: 199 pages comprising 105 profusely illustrated colour plates / Text Volume: 49 pp., of English text + 42 pp., of Arabic text, including captions to all illustrations, end paper colour plates, biblio, original cloth, title printed in Arabic & English on front cover, set in mint condition, limited edition to 2400 copies, this copy is not numbered, Touch Editions, UK, reproduced by Neue Schwitter AG, Switzerland, no date [2001]. A beautifully illustrated edition.

This work consists of the following :
Introduction: Islam, the Arabs and Arabic
I - The study of Qur’anic calligraphy and illumination: East and West
II- The historical background.
III - Early manuscripts to the end of the Umayyad Period
IV - The classical period of Kufic: from early Abbasid to the New Style 3rd/9th to 5th/11th centuries
V - Qur’ans in cursive: AD100 to AD1300
VI - Qur’ans from the Maghreb
Conclusion: The Codicological Revolution

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