AN IMPRESSIVE MAGHRIBI QUR'AN
MADE FOR ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI OF THE BANU RASHID, MOROCCO, DATED SATURDAY 26 SHAWWAL AH 969/29 JUNE 1562 AD
AN IMPRESSIVE MAGHRIBI QUR'AN MADE FOR ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI OF THE BANU RASHID, MOROCCO, DATED SATURDAY 26 SHAWWAL AH 969/29 JUNE 1562 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 136ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 24ll. of neat sepia maghribi , gold trefoil verse markers, sura headings in a larger flowing gold maghribi issuing arabesque medallions into the margins, marginal circular and drop-shape medallions marking various points throughout the text, opening bifolio with elegant carpet page, colophon dated and followed by a double carpet page giving the name of the patron and tracing his lineage back to 'Ali, margins repaired, in modern brown morocco with flap and decoupé doublures Folio 11 ¾ x 8 7/8in. (29.7 x 22.4cm.)
AN IMPRESSIVE MAGHRIBI QUR'AN
MADE FOR ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI OF THE BANU RASHID, MOROCCO, DATED SATURDAY 26 SHAWWAL AH 969/29 JUNE 1562 AD
AN IMPRESSIVE MAGHRIBI QUR'AN MADE FOR ABU'L-HASAN 'ALI OF THE BANU RASHID, MOROCCO, DATED SATURDAY 26 SHAWWAL AH 969/29 JUNE 1562 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 136ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 24ll. of neat sepia maghribi , gold trefoil verse markers, sura headings in a larger flowing gold maghribi issuing arabesque medallions into the margins, marginal circular and drop-shape medallions marking various points throughout the text, opening bifolio with elegant carpet page, colophon dated and followed by a double carpet page giving the name of the patron and tracing his lineage back to 'Ali, margins repaired, in modern brown morocco with flap and decoupé doublures Folio 11 ¾ x 8 7/8in. (29.7 x 22.4cm.)
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