An Illuminated Qur'an in Eastern Kufic Script, Persia or Mesopotamia, 11th Century AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 289 leaves, text incomplete, probably lacking only 5 leaves (4 at beginning of al-baqarah and one at end comprising final 7 surahs), 17 lines to the page written in small neat eastern Kufic script in black ink on buff paper, letter pointing ('ijam) in black, vocalisation of red dots with tashdids and other symbols in blue, verses separated by small gold florets, tenth verses marked in the margin with exact verse count written in small gold Kufic script within illuminated foliate devices, surah headings written in gold Kufic with simple gold palmettes outlined in blue extending into the margins, opening two surahs marked with illuminated panels, origin of surahs (Makkiyya, Madaniyya) written in the margins in gold Kufic adjacent to surah headings, occasional marginal commentary in red, f.1a with with a rectangular panel containing an ovoid band of eastern Kufic script and 4 illuminated roundels, modern gilt-stamped leather binding, with fitted tan leather slip-case 12.6 by 9.1cm.
An Illuminated Qur'an in Eastern Kufic Script, Persia or Mesopotamia, 11th Century AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 289 leaves, text incomplete, probably lacking only 5 leaves (4 at beginning of al-baqarah and one at end comprising final 7 surahs), 17 lines to the page written in small neat eastern Kufic script in black ink on buff paper, letter pointing ('ijam) in black, vocalisation of red dots with tashdids and other symbols in blue, verses separated by small gold florets, tenth verses marked in the margin with exact verse count written in small gold Kufic script within illuminated foliate devices, surah headings written in gold Kufic with simple gold palmettes outlined in blue extending into the margins, opening two surahs marked with illuminated panels, origin of surahs (Makkiyya, Madaniyya) written in the margins in gold Kufic adjacent to surah headings, occasional marginal commentary in red, f.1a with with a rectangular panel containing an ovoid band of eastern Kufic script and 4 illuminated roundels, modern gilt-stamped leather binding, with fitted tan leather slip-case 12.6 by 9.1cm.
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