Marinid Qur’ans العربية
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The Qur’an of Yusuf b. Ridwan al-Shatibi

Le Coran de Yusuf b. Ridwan al-Shatibi (Khalili) · مصحف يوسف بن رضوان الشاطبي

1 Shawwal 727 AH · 20 August 1327 CE

In the reign of Abu Saʿid

Collection record and images ↗The card on the Marinid Qur’ans page
A drawing of the page layout: we know of no published image of this Qur’an.
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Copyist
Yusuf b. Ridwan al-Shatibi, who gave his name in a prayer at the start of the Qur’an together with the sources he used
Place
“North Africa”, without further detail
Today
London, Khalili Collections, QUR 1081
Format
Paper; 23.5 × 20 cm; 23 lines; 190 folios

A complete Qur’an in one volume, opening and closing with three gilded double pages, with the start of each quarter marked by a gilded page. The sura headings are single lines of gilded Kufic.

The date is explicit and the copyist known, but the collection does not say in which state it was copied. In 727 AH North Africa was divided between the Marinids, the ʿAbd al-Wadids and the Hafsids.

Collection record and images
Close-ups of the script (1)Click to enlarge →
Kufic inscription in the frame of the opening
Kufic inscription in the frame of the opening · Khalili QUR 1081, fol. 1v · AI-enhanced
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