Saadian Qur’ans العربية
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The Qarawiyyin Qur’an no. 5

Le Coran de la Qarawiyyin n° 5 · مصحف القرويين رقم 5

Before 1020 AH · before 1611 CE

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A yellow page
A yellow page · Qarawiyyin Library 5, after Khabta, fig. 53 · AI-enhanced
SurvivesCompleteness unknownNot digitised
Today
Fez, Qarawiyyin Library ms. 5, volumes 2–5 of six
Format
Coloured paper: yellow, blue, white, red and pink; the text in black, and the name of God and the sura openings in gold
Endowment
To the Qarawiyyin Library in Jumada II 1020 AH, received by its keeper Masʿud Qassara

One of the few Qur’ans written on coloured paper, pink among it. Bongianino and Cellard consider it Saadian; Mohamed Abdelhafid Khabta considers it Marinid. It was in the Saadian period that the Almohad Pink Qur’an was restored in Marrakesh, with leaves added in a hand imitating its original script.

It was copied before 1020 AH / 1611 CE, and the sources available to us give neither its exact date nor its copyist.

Bongianino & Cellard (2025)
Close-ups of the script (1)Click to enlarge →
A yellow page
A yellow page · Qarawiyyin Library 5, after Khabta, fig. 53 · AI-enhanced
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