A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY Qur'an II, sura al-baqara v.118 (part) - Qur'an XVIII, sura al-kahf, v.99 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 169ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of neat black kufic , red, yellow, green and blue diacritics, khams marked by a gold kufic 'ha', 'ashr marked by gold and polychrome roundels with abjad numerals, sura headings in gold kufic , bottom corner restored on most folios, modern brown morocco, in fitted box Folio 7 1/8 x 10in. (18 x 25.5cm.)
A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY Qur'an II, sura al-baqara v.118 (part) - Qur'an XVIII, sura al-kahf, v.99 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 169ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of neat black kufic , red, yellow, green and blue diacritics, khams marked by a gold kufic 'ha', 'ashr marked by gold and polychrome roundels with abjad numerals, sura headings in gold kufic , bottom corner restored on most folios, modern brown morocco, in fitted box Folio 7 1/8 x 10in. (18 x 25.5cm.)
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