Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Leather binding | Hegira, end of the 3rd–beginning of 4th centuries / AD 9th–10th centuriesAghlabid, Fatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | The embossed leather cover was often decorated with medallions, geometric patterns and kufic script and the whole was framed by a braided geometric motif. |
Qur'an binding | Binding: Hegira 7th–8th centuries / AD 13th–14th centuries, Qur'an: Hegira 531 / AD 1178Almohad | Royal Library Rabat, Morocco | The embossed leather cover was often decorated with medallions, geometric patterns and kufic script and the whole was framed by a braided geometric motif. |
Bookbinding | Probably late hegira 9th / 15th centuryMamluk | Victoria and Albert Museum London, England, United Kingdom | The embossed leather cover was often decorated with medallions, geometric patterns and kufic script and the whole was framed by a braided geometric motif. |
Qur'an binding | Hegira late 8th century / AD late 14th centuryMamluk (Bahri) | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | The embossed leather cover was often decorated with medallions, geometric patterns and kufic script and the whole was framed by a braided geometric motif. |