TWO QUR'AN SECTIONS, NORTH AFRICA, 16TH CENTURY
TWO QUR'AN SECTIONS, NORTH AFRICA, 16TH CENTURY Manuscript on cream paper, 54ff. with 17ll. of sepia maghribi , gold rosettes within the text and gold marginal medallions marking each sura and juz , two kufic headings in gold, one in colours -- Folio 26.8 x 19.5cm; and another section from a similar North African Qur'an , 39ff. with 17ll. of sepia maghribi , marginal medallions and headings in terracotta -- Folio 24.3 x 18.5cm.
TWO QUR'AN SECTIONS, NORTH AFRICA, 16TH CENTURY
TWO QUR'AN SECTIONS, NORTH AFRICA, 16TH CENTURY Manuscript on cream paper, 54ff. with 17ll. of sepia maghribi , gold rosettes within the text and gold marginal medallions marking each sura and juz , two kufic headings in gold, one in colours -- Folio 26.8 x 19.5cm; and another section from a similar North African Qur'an , 39ff. with 17ll. of sepia maghribi , marginal medallions and headings in terracotta -- Folio 24.3 x 18.5cm.
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