A LARGE QUR`AN FOLIO

Lot 21
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 21 | A LARGE QUR'AN FOLIO
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A LARGE QUR'AN FOLIO
ATTRIBUTED TO AHMAD IBN 'ABDULLAH IBN AL-MANSUR HASHEMI AL-'ABBASI, MAMLUK EGYPT, 7 SHABAN AH 728 / 16 JUNE 1327 AD
Qur'an XXX, sura al-rum, v.55 (part) to Qur'an XXXI, sura Luqman, v.12 (part), Arabic manuscript on pink-dyed paper, 13ll. fine black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, the margins plain with illuminated medallions to mark divisions, one sura heading in gold-outlined kufic in gold and polycrome illuminated panel, trimmed
Folio 17 5/8 x 13 1/8in. (44.9 x 33.3cm.)




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Estate of Ruth & Harold (d.2015) Nelkin, Connecticut, by repute collected in the 1970s-1990s, from which acquired by the present owner
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