AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-ma’idah (V), middle of verse 19 to middle of verse 35; surah al-an’am (VI), middle of verse 33 to end of verse 35; surah al-ma’idah (V), middle of verse 111 to surah al-an’am (VI) middle of verse 2; verse 36 to middle of verse 39Arabic manuscript on vellum, 12 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in fine Maghribi script in brown ink, diacritics in blue and yellow, verses separated by gold and polychrome florets, 1 surah heading written in gold Kufic with an interlacing scroll medallion in the margin, misbound, in cream gold-stamped binding leaf: 17 by 16cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-ma’idah (V), middle of verse 19 to middle of verse 35; surah al-an’am (VI), middle of verse 33 to end of verse 35; surah al-ma’idah (V), middle of verse 111 to surah al-an’am (VI) middle of verse 2; verse 36 to middle of verse 39Arabic manuscript on vellum, 12 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in fine Maghribi script in brown ink, diacritics in blue and yellow, verses separated by gold and polychrome florets, 1 surah heading written in gold Kufic with an interlacing scroll medallion in the margin, misbound, in cream gold-stamped binding leaf: 17 by 16cm.
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