A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF LARGE KUFIC QUR’AN LEAVES LATE UMAYYAD OR EARLY ABBASID, PROBABLY DAMASCUS OR JERUSALEM, MID-8TH CENTURY Manuscript on vellum, 76ff. each with 16ll., extremely elegant black kufic , vowels in red and green dots, verse endings marked with groups of three lines, endings of larger section marked with illuminated panels of various forms, sura headings indicated by panels illuminated in brown and green, the title in red kufic , a marginal palmette at each side, opening verses within a similar multiple border, the opening page with large elaborate illuminated carpet page comprising two rows each of three interlaced roundels containing similar motifs (some damage, scuffing and minor restoration) Folio 12½ x 15in. (32 x 38cm.)
A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF LARGE KUFIC QUR’AN LEAVES LATE UMAYYAD OR EARLY ABBASID, PROBABLY DAMASCUS OR JERUSALEM, MID-8TH CENTURY Manuscript on vellum, 76ff. each with 16ll., extremely elegant black kufic , vowels in red and green dots, verse endings marked with groups of three lines, endings of larger section marked with illuminated panels of various forms, sura headings indicated by panels illuminated in brown and green, the title in red kufic , a marginal palmette at each side, opening verses within a similar multiple border, the opening page with large elaborate illuminated carpet page comprising two rows each of three interlaced roundels containing similar motifs (some damage, scuffing and minor restoration) Folio 12½ x 15in. (32 x 38cm.)
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