A LARGE QUR`AN BIFOLIO

Lot 22
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
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Lot 22 | A LARGE QUR'AN BIFOLIO
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
A LARGE QUR'AN BIFOLIO
ABU'L-HASAN AL-'USAYLI AL-HANAFI, OTTOMAN CAIRO, AH 969 / 1561-2 AD
Qur'an XXVII, sura al-naml, v.48 (part) - 64 and Qur'an XXIX v.1 -17 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 11ll. of strong black muhaqqaq with some notation in red, the word Allah and the bismallah picked out in gold with vocalisation in blue, gold roundel verse markers, set within gold and blue rules, the margins plain with gold thuluth notes to mark divisions
Text panel 15 ½ x 9 5/8in. (39.3 x 24.4cm.); folio 21 3/8 x 14 7/8in. (54.3 x 37.9cm.)




Provenance

With Habib Anavian, New York, 1979



Literature

Habib Anavian, Ancient and Islamic Art, New York, 1979
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