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Auction archive: Lot number 55

A QUR’AN, SUB-SAHARAN WEST AFRICA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,862 - US$19,293
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 55

A QUR’AN, SUB-SAHARAN WEST AFRICA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,862 - US$19,293
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A QUR’AN, SUB-SAHARAN WEST AFRICA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 403 leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in Ifriqi script in dark brown ink, vocalisation in red, verses separated by yellow or green dots, surah headings in red, polychrome verse markers circular or rectilinear, opening and closing folio with polychrome geometrical decoration, in a brown leather binding, with flap leaf: 22.5 by 16.6cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

A QUR’AN, SUB-SAHARAN WEST AFRICA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 403 leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in Ifriqi script in dark brown ink, vocalisation in red, verses separated by yellow or green dots, surah headings in red, polychrome verse markers circular or rectilinear, opening and closing folio with polychrome geometrical decoration, in a brown leather binding, with flap leaf: 22.5 by 16.6cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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