File:Illuminated Opening. The Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an (CBL Is 1431, ff.284b-285a).jpg

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Abu al-Hasan Aala ad-Din Ali b. Hilal
Description	Iraqi illuminator and calligrapher only extant work: a Koran kept in the Chester Beatty Library
Date of birth/death	10^th century date QS:P,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7	from 1022 until 1032 date QS:P,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1022-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1032-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth/death	Baghdad	Baghdad
Work location	Abbasid Caliphate
Authority file	: Q3133618 VIAF: 67966754 ISNI: 0000000078195320 ULAN: 500319860 LCCN: n86836739 GND: 121369129 WorldCat

Title

Illuminated Opening. The Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an

Object type

illuminated manuscript / codex / calligraphic work

Description

English: Illuminated Opening. The Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an. Chester Beatty Library Is 1431, ff.284b-285a

Date

between 1000 and 1001

Medium

paper, pigment, ink and gold

Collection

Chester Beatty Library

	Native name	Chester Beatty
	Location	Dublin
	Coordinates	53° 20′ 31.2″ N, 6° 16′ 01.2″ W
	Established	1950
	Website	chesterbeatty.ie
	Authority file	: Q391976 VIAF: 127596636 ISNI: 0000000404881060 LCCN: n80050107 SUDOC: 027374297 BNF: 122059908 WorldCat

Accession number

Is 1431, ff.284b-285a

Place of creation

Baghdad

References

D. S. Rice,The Unique Ibn al-Bawwāb Manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library

Source/Photographer

Google Arts & Culture — illuminated-opening-ibn-al-bawwab/WQF_Z9jNVw2CeQ

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