COMPLETE QUR'AN - Lot 72

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COMPLETE QUR'AN - Lot 72
COMPLETE QUR'AN MOROCCO, 1114 H./1702 A.D., SIGNED BY ABU L-ʿABBAS AHMAD, KNOWN AS IBN ʿASHIR, SON OF ʿABD AL-ʿAZIZ AL-SALAWI. Arabic manuscript on laid paper with a watermark, 309 folios and 3 endpapers; the text is set within a blue and red border, copied at a rate of 12 lines per page in a small-modular Maghribi script known as Andalusi, with vowels in red and hamzas in yellow or green. The verses are not separated; the divisions into hizb and their subdivisions (quarters and halves) are indicated in the margins in gilded Kufic script, with the hizb placed within a circular medallion featuring varying decorations; the prostrations (sajda) are marked by large, teardrop-shaped marginal illuminations. In the margins, there are a few notes in red pertaining to the recitation of the Qur’an. On the verso of the first leaf, the titles of the surahs al-Fatiha (1) and al-Baqara (2) are placed within a wide ornamental band ending with a floral vignette in the margin; the titles of the surahs al-Aʿraf (7), Maryam (19), and Sad (38) follow the same pattern, marking the division of the text into four parts. Elsewhere, the titles are written in gold in a stylized Kufic script, extended into the gutter margin by a circular vignette. A four-line colophon in red ink on the last leaf, dated Friday morning, the beginning of the month of Shaʿbān 1114 (December 1702), indicating a copy by Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad, known as Ibn ʿĀshir, son of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, a resident of al-Slāwī and originally from al-Andalus. At the top of the leaves, in brown ink, is the term ḥubus. Beautiful period flap binding in brown cold-stamped leather, featuring a central mandorla, floral spandrels, and a double-line frame adorned with a scrollwork motif. Full text of the colophon: Tamma al-muṣḥaf al-ʿaẓīm, may Allah benefit us through His blessings, āmīn, ʿalā yad kātibihi ʿUbayd rabbihi wa-asīr dhanbihi Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-mudʿā bi-Ibn ʿĀshir ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Slāwī l-dār, al-Andalūsī l-najār, and its completion took place at dawn on Friday, the beginning of Shaʿbān, the exalted month, in the year fourteen hundred and-miʾa wa-alf sana (“This noble Muṣḥaf was completed—may God grant us its blessings, amen—by the hand of its scribe, servant of his Lord and captive of his sin, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad, known as Ibn ʿĀshir, son of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, a resident of al-Slāwī, originally from al-Andalus; its completion took place on Friday morning, at the beginning of the noble month of Shaʿbān in the year 1114 H [December 1702]”). A sheet pasted to the front of the first folio bears a note in brown ink listing five of the seven groups of surahs to be read weekly. Dimensions of the leaf: 13.6 × 13.6 cm (manuscript trimmed both vertically and horizontally); writing area: 9.5 × 9.5 cm. This manuscript was produced as a single small-format volume, likely to facilitate its transport, with evident care taken in the choice of materials: fine, high-quality paper; gold and polychrome inks; meticulous Andalusian calligraphy; and refined decoration. This high standard of craftsmanship reflects the flourishing of manuscript production during the early decades of the Alaouite dynasty, which came to power in the second half of the 17th century: a period when restored political stability spurred scientific movements, the creation of new libraries, and the professionalization of book artisans. The Moroccan historian al-Mannūnī did not record, in his sources, any biographical information regarding the scribe of this manuscript, Aḥmad Ibn ʿĀshir al-Salāwī al-Andalusī; he does, however, mention a woman believed to be his daughter, ʿĀ'isha bint Aḥmad b. ʿĀshir al-Andalusī al-Salāwī, who produced a manuscript with beautiful calligraphy in 1146/1734 (see al-Mannūnī, Tārīkh al-wirāqa al-Maghribiyya, p. 124). Condition Report: The binding covers show signs of wear and stains; the spine is damaged, with missing sections. The original endpapers are missing; they were replaced in the late 19th/early 20th century. All of the leaves were slightly trimmed in width and height at the time of binding. A few water stains; rodent holes; a tear on one leaf. The first few leaves are slightly dog-eared at the upper outer corner.
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