A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Qur'an IV, sura al-nisa' , parts of vv. 82-end 83 and parts of 72-74; Qur'an XI, sura hud , parts of 89-91 and 93-95; Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra' , parts of 45-47; Qur'an XLI, sura fusilat , parts of 45-47 and 49-53, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. each with protective fly-leaf, each folio with 6ll. of elegant sepia kufic , diacritics in red and green, a few roundel or rosette gold and polychrome verse markers, one gold medallion with the word khamsun , all folios trimmed and laid down between 19th century gold and polychrome rules and gold floral borders on wide buff borders, some waterstaining, in Qajar green morocco with flap and central stamped medallion and spandrels Vellum 6 x 9½in. (15.5 x 24cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 14 3/8in. (25.5 x 36.cm.)
A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Qur'an IV, sura al-nisa' , parts of vv. 82-end 83 and parts of 72-74; Qur'an XI, sura hud , parts of 89-91 and 93-95; Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra' , parts of 45-47; Qur'an XLI, sura fusilat , parts of 45-47 and 49-53, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. each with protective fly-leaf, each folio with 6ll. of elegant sepia kufic , diacritics in red and green, a few roundel or rosette gold and polychrome verse markers, one gold medallion with the word khamsun , all folios trimmed and laid down between 19th century gold and polychrome rules and gold floral borders on wide buff borders, some waterstaining, in Qajar green morocco with flap and central stamped medallion and spandrels Vellum 6 x 9½in. (15.5 x 24cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 14 3/8in. (25.5 x 36.cm.)
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