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Artist	Probably Ibn al-Bawwab   Alternative names Abu al-Hasan Aala ad-Din Ali b. Hilal Description Iraqi calligrapher only extant work: a Koran kept in the Chester Beatty Library Date of birth/death from 1022 until 1032 Location of birth/death Baghdad Work location Iraq Authority control WorldCat (calligraph)
Description	Deutsch: Koran, Szene: Ornament English: Illuminated frontispice of a Quran Français : Frontispice enluminé d'un Coran
Date	AH 391 / 1001 AD
Medium	ink and painting on paper
Dimensions	13.4 × 9.1 cm (5.3 × 3.6 in)
Current location	Chester Beatty Library
	Dublin
Accession number	1431, fol. 285 r.
Object history	place made: Baghdad
Notes	Deutsch: Buchmalerei
References	D.S. Rice, The Unique al-Bawwâb manuscript in the Chester Beaaty Library, Dublin, Ermeri Waler, LTD, 1955 ; Richard Ettinghausen, Arab Painting, Geneva, Skira, 1977
Source/Photographer	The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
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