Title: Mamluk Mushaf (10 Folios) | عشرة ورقات من مصحف المماليك
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: Muhaqqaq
Date: 8th/14th century ~700H /1301CE – 802H/1399CE
Size: 22.5 X 15
Folios: 10ff.
Description: 13 Lines/Page | Arabic laid paper without watermarks | Black ink with Rubrication of various readings with the letter marking the specific recitation. Surah titles and Hizb markings are in gold ink with black outline | Gold roundels with red and blue dots mark the end of the Ayaat |Marginalia denoting rulings of various Qira’aat in red and black ink. | Text is within a red border | Several tears and repairs, some staining|
Incipit: الاقصا الذي بركنا حوله لنريه من اياتنا إنه هو السميع البصير
Explicit: وكيف تصبر على [..]
Provenance: Private Collection, Sweden
Research Notes: The Mamluks were former elite soldiers of the Ayyubids who ruled Egypt and Syria from 648H/1250CE to 922H/1516-17 CE (James, 1988, pg. 27).
Accession #: Ms.121ff.