Samarqand and China paper
Shiraz
11th Century
Source: Roxburgh, David J. "On the Transmission and Reconstruction of Arabic Calligraphy: Ibn al-Bawwab and History." Studia Islamica, no. 96 (2003): 39-53.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Samarqand paper, China paper
Preparation Steps
The calligrapher selected old papers from the library that matched the existing Qur'an. He then 'illuminated it and gave it an antique appearance' to seamlessly integrate the replacement section (p. 41).
Original Recipe Text
The calligrapher selected old papers from the library that matched the existing Qur'an. He then 'illuminated it and gave it an antique appearance' to seamlessly integrate the replacement section (p. 41).
Evidence
"I went to the library... and searched among the old paper for a paper resembling that of the Qur'an. There were several sorts of old Samarqand and China paper in the library; very fine and admirable papers."
Remarks
The Sultan Baha' al-Dawla (988-1022) was unable to distinguish the new volume from the original tenth-century ones due to the precision of the paper matching and artificial aging (p. 42). Ibn al-Bawwab's reward for this task was permission to help himself to stores of Chinese paper safeguarded in the library (p. 42).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
comparative connoisseurship
visual observation
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeSamarqand and China paper
RegionShiraz
Approx. Year1050
Source Information
AuthorRoxburgh, David J. "On the Transmission and Reconstruction of Arabic Calligraphy: Ibn al-Bawwab and History." Studia Islamica, no. 96
Collectionlibrary of the sultan Baha' al-Dawla in Shiraz
Language
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