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Auction archive: Lot number 4

A QUR'AN SECTION

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,717 - US$2,576
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,610
Auction archive: Lot number 4

A QUR'AN SECTION

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,717 - US$2,576
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,610
Beschreibung:

A QUR'AN SECTION
MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
A QUR'AN SECTION MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY Comprising parts of Qur'an LVII ( sura al-hadid ), Qur'an LVIII ( sura al-mujadila ), Qur'an LXXI ( sura nuh ), Qur'an LXXIII ( sura al-muzammil ), sura LXXIV ( sura al-muddaththir ), Qur'an XXIV ( sura al-nur ), Qur'an XXIII ( sura al-mu'minun ), Qur'an XXII ( sura al-hajj ), Qur'an LVII ( sura al-hadid ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of bold black naskh script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in blue and red, outlined in black, sura headings in gold thuluth script outlined in black with blue vocalization, some original marginal markers in gold or coloured thuluth script, text within double red rules, paginated, misbound, with old repairs, in marbled paper covered binding Text panel 10 x 7 ¾in. (25.5 x 18.7cm.); folio 12 ½ x 9 ¾in. (31.8 x 24.8cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 4
Auction:
Datum:
18 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A QUR'AN SECTION
MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
A QUR'AN SECTION MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY Comprising parts of Qur'an LVII ( sura al-hadid ), Qur'an LVIII ( sura al-mujadila ), Qur'an LXXI ( sura nuh ), Qur'an LXXIII ( sura al-muzammil ), sura LXXIV ( sura al-muddaththir ), Qur'an XXIV ( sura al-nur ), Qur'an XXIII ( sura al-mu'minun ), Qur'an XXII ( sura al-hajj ), Qur'an LVII ( sura al-hadid ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of bold black naskh script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in blue and red, outlined in black, sura headings in gold thuluth script outlined in black with blue vocalization, some original marginal markers in gold or coloured thuluth script, text within double red rules, paginated, misbound, with old repairs, in marbled paper covered binding Text panel 10 x 7 ¾in. (25.5 x 18.7cm.); folio 12 ½ x 9 ¾in. (31.8 x 24.8cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 4
Auction:
Datum:
18 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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