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Lot 20
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 403 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 828824
Lot 20 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
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POSSIBLY ALMERIA, AL-ANDALUS, 12TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on parchment, 130ff. plus five flyleaves, each folio with 28 or 29ll. of fine maghribi calligraphy, gold and green marginal medallions, sura headings in gold kufic with gold and green pendants jutting into the margin, the opening bifolio with paired geometric octograms, in later gilt tooled brown morocco with flap, with paper doublures

3 1/4 x 3 1/2in. (8.4 x 8.8cm.)





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