ID 1306445
Lot 11 | A QUR'AN SECTION
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
MERINID MOROCCO, MID-14TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an I, sura al-fatiha, v.7 to Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.275, Arabic manuscript on parchment, 65ff. each with 9ll. sepia maghribi with notation in red ink, shadda and sukun in blue, hamza in green and orange, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, the margins with gold illuminated medallions to mark divisions, one sura heading in gold kufic reserved against a cartouche within gold strapwork border with marginal pendant, in contemporaneous blind tooled brown leather binding, opening folio lacking, some loss to the edges of the pages
Folio 7 x 6 ½in. (17.9 x 16.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Christie's London, 13 April 2010, lot 54
| Art style: | Almohad dynasty (1121-1269) |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Almohad dynasty (1121-1269) |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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