ID 828824
Lot 20 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
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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| Historical era: | Almoravid dynasty (1056-1147) |
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| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Historical era: | Almoravid dynasty (1056-1147) |
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| Place of origin: | Europe, Spain |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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