AN 'EASTERN' KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO

Lot 33
07.04.2021 11:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 33 | AN 'EASTERN' KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Qur'an XII, sura Yusuf,vv.49-55 (part), Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 9ll. of black 'eastern' kufic,vocalisation inred, blue and green diacritics, gold and polychrome roundel and drop-shaped verse markers, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal drop-pendants marking khams, a gold and polychrome marginal roundel marking 'ashr, very minor losses to ink
Folio 161/8 x 115/8in. (41 x 29.5cm.)
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