A MAGHRIBI QUR`AN SECTION

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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 19 | A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN SECTION
A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN SECTION

PROBABLY MOROCCO, CIRCA 1300

Comprising Qur'an VII, sura al-a'raf, v.173 to XIV, sura Ibrahim, v.24, Arabic manuscript on parchment, 114ff. plus one flyleaf, each with 9ll. sepia maghribi script, kasra, fatha, and damma in red ink, sukun and shadda in blue, hamzat al-qit'a marked by orange circles, hamzat al-wasl by green circles, gold roundel verse markers containing the word aya in gold kufic, 8 sura titles in gold kufic set within gold strapwork panels flanked by illuminated squares with elegant marginal medallion, the margins with blue and gold medallions to mark divisions, opening folio with blue and gold geometric illuminated frontispiece, in later brown leather binding, folios trimmed

Folio 8 x 7in. (20.1 x 18cm.)

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