Quran box, Cairo, early 14th-century

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Koran box, Cairo, early 14th-century, Berlin, Museum for Islamic Art -- This wooden box held a 30-volume edition of the Koran. It is paneled with brass sheets decorated with verses from the Koran and arabesques inlaid in gold and silver. The lock bears the names of two master craftsmen, Muhammad ibn Sunqur Al-Baghdadi and Hagg Yusuf, who carried out many commissions for Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad.

Quran box, Cairo, early 14th-century, Berlin, Museum for Islamic Art -- This wooden box held a 30-volume edition of the Koran. It is paneled with brass sheets decorated with verses from the Koran and calligraphy inlaid in gold and silver. The lock bears the names of two master craftsmen, Muhammad ibn Sunqur Al-Baghdadi and Hagg Yusuf, who carried out many commissions for Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad. Return to Islamic Wood work page

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