TWO KUFIC QUR`AN FOLIOS

Lot 9
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 11 340
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Lot 9 | TWO KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIOS
Valeur estimée
£ 4 000 – 6 000
TWO KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIOS

PROBABLY NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY

Qur'an XX, sura taha, vv. 115-134 and Qur'an XLIII, sura al-zukhruf, vv. 30 (part) - 50 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 2ff. plus two fly-leaves, 16ll. of black kufic script with red diacritics, in later margins with added gold and polychrome ruling, in later light brown tooled morocco binding, with paper doublures

Text panel 5 1/8 x 7 1/2in. (19 x 12.8cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 6 3/4in. (25.1 x 17cm.)





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