TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN' KUFICQUR'AN

Lot 31
07.04.2021 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 7 000
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Lot 31 | TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN' KUFICQUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
Qur'an III, sura al-'umran, vv.116-133, Arabic manuscript on paper, each with 17ll. of elegant black 'eastern' kufic, diacritics in black, reading marks in green and red, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, the two consecutive folios mounted together to form a long panel, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions cut out and laid down at top and bottom probably from the original manuscript, laid down on card within later gold illuminated margins, mounted, framed and glazed
Text panel 24 x 81/2in. (60.9 x 21.5cm.); folio 271/4 x 123/4in. (69.3 x 32.4cm.)
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