RT Article
T1 A Scholar, Calligrapher, and Illuminator in Early Fourteenth-Century Cairo: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Ahmad al-Mutatabbib
JF Muqarnas
VO 39
IS 1
SP 37
OP 59
A1 Laclau, Adeline
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1819845192
AB 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 of the Mamluk period that mention the name of the city in which they were produced. However, no mention is made of this artist in Mamluk literature. Consequently, I propose to study these manuscripts through the analysis of their writing and illuminations, as well as the Qurʾanic vocalization system explained in three of his Qurʾans. The aim of this article is to shed new light on the place of Ahmad al-Mutatabbib’s works in the illuminated manuscript production of Cairo in the first half of the fourteenth century and to provide new information on the formation and the career of this prolific artist of the Mamluk arts of the book.
K1 arts of the Book
K1 Avicenna
K1 Ahmad al-Mutatabbib
K1 Fourteenth century
K1 illuminations
K1 Vocalization
K1 Calligraphy
K1 Codicology
K1 Qurʾans
K1 Manuscripts
K1 Cairo
K1 Mamluk
DO 10.1163/22118993-00391P04