In Elabuga rare copies of the manuscript Koran will be exhibited

6 March 2018, Tuesday

On March 7 at 13 o'clock at the Exhibition Hall of the Elabuga State Museum-Reserve, two exhibitions of Arabic calligraphy will be opened.

The first one - "Quran Sheets" - is a joint project of the YeMMZ and the Center for the Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Muslim Nations "Ihtimam" (Ufa, Bashkortostan).

It will feature 54 manuscript pages from the Qur'an of the 18th and 19th centuries. A special place in the exposition is occupied by 4 unique sheets, made in the 11th century on parchment. In turn, the skill of contemporary calligraphers reflect 12 amulets performed in the genre of "kita" and handwritten copies of the pages of the Quran IX-XVIII centuries, which are stored in museums and libraries of different countries. Handwritten versions of the sacred book were made by professional copyist Damir Akhmatgaliev. The skill of the calligrapher Damir-katib honed, working as a restorer of the manuscript book in the Bukhara State Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. The shamal exposition is supplemented with religious signs based on the art of Arabic calligraphy and dervish costume.

The second exhibition will feature works by Nadjip Nakkash, Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan. The artist revived the forgotten art of calligraphy. Freely possessing different styles of Arabic writing, Najip Nakkash raised the shamail to a new qualitative level, giving him a deeply individual and at the same time modern sound.

In the works of the master visitors will see not only the Arabic letter, but also texts of poems of Bulgaro-Tatar poets included in the composition of shamail - from Kul Gali to Majit Gafuri, Gabdulla Tukaya and Musa Jalil. In addition, Nadjip Nakkash in his work develops one of the old types of book graphics - tugru (from ancient Turkic - "sign, label"). For Tatar art, the tugra is interesting because, despite its venerable age, it received its new birth at the end of the 20th century.

The exhibition will run until March 25.

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