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Auction archive: Lot number 21

Qur'an section

Auction 13.10.1998
13 Oct 1998
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$50,828 - US$84,713
Price realised:
£20,700
ca. US$35,071
Auction archive: Lot number 21

Qur'an section

Auction 13.10.1998
13 Oct 1998
Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$50,828 - US$84,713
Price realised:
£20,700
ca. US$35,071
Beschreibung:

Qur'an section Valencia, Andalusia, AH Safar 630?/November-December 1232 AD? Manuscript on vellum, 73ff. with 5ll. of sepia maghribi , diacritics in red, yellow, green and blue, trilobed gold palmette medallion between verses, gold and blue half palmettes marking every fifth verse, similar medallions every tenth verse, one sura heading in gold kufic issuing a gold palmette medallion, seven illuminated folios, antepenultimate folio with colophon signed Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Wathiq al-....., in the dar al-'Ilm in the walled city of Valencia of the cities of Andalus at the start of the month of Safar in the year 6(30?), light staining, lacunae, in Mamluk style brown morocco binding with flap Folio 7¼ x 6.5/8in. (18.3 x 17cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
13 Oct 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

Qur'an section Valencia, Andalusia, AH Safar 630?/November-December 1232 AD? Manuscript on vellum, 73ff. with 5ll. of sepia maghribi , diacritics in red, yellow, green and blue, trilobed gold palmette medallion between verses, gold and blue half palmettes marking every fifth verse, similar medallions every tenth verse, one sura heading in gold kufic issuing a gold palmette medallion, seven illuminated folios, antepenultimate folio with colophon signed Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Wathiq al-....., in the dar al-'Ilm in the walled city of Valencia of the cities of Andalus at the start of the month of Safar in the year 6(30?), light staining, lacunae, in Mamluk style brown morocco binding with flap Folio 7¼ x 6.5/8in. (18.3 x 17cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
13 Oct 1998
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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