AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 13TH-14TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-Baqarah (II) v.67 to surah al-‘An’am (VI) v.44 (incomplete)Arabic manuscript on vellum, 86 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in light brown ink, diacritics in red and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome palmettes, 3 surah headings written in gold Kufic with an interlacing scroll medallion on the margin, misbound and incomplete, in white 19th century binding leaf: 14.4 by 15.5cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 13TH-14TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-Baqarah (II) v.67 to surah al-‘An’am (VI) v.44 (incomplete)Arabic manuscript on vellum, 86 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in light brown ink, diacritics in red and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome palmettes, 3 surah headings written in gold Kufic with an interlacing scroll medallion on the margin, misbound and incomplete, in white 19th century binding leaf: 14.4 by 15.5cm.
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