A Scholar, Calligrapher, and Illuminator in Early Fourteenth-Century Cairo: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Ahmad al-Mutatabbib

Ahmad al-Mutatabbib is one of the few copyists from the Mamluk period to whom several preserved manuscripts can be linked, i.e., five illuminated Qurʾans and a copy of Avicenna’s al-Qānūn fī’l-ṭibb. Among these manuscripts, three are dated and localized and are among the rare illuminated manuscripts...

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Main Author: Laclau, Adeline (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2022, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-59
Further subjects:B arts of the Book
B Avicenna
B Qurʾans
B Ahmad al-Mutatabbib
B Calligraphy
B illuminations
B Codicology
B Cairo
B Mamluk
B Vocalization
B Manuscripts
B Fourteenth century
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