A KUFIC QUR’AN SECTION NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Comprising, in the order as bound, Qur’an XV, sura al-hijr, vv. 8-54 (part), Qur’an XVI, sura al-nahl, vv.30-53 (part), Qur’an XIII, sura al-ra’d, vv.26-33 (part), Qur’an XIV, sura Ibrahim, vv.6-14 (part), Qur’an XXI, sura al-anbya, vv.82– 94 (part), vv.38-69 (part), Qur’an XII, sura Yusuf, v.108 (part) – Qur’an XIII, sura al-ra’d, v.3 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus two flyleaves, 14ll. of black kufic, diacritics in red, gold roundel verse markers, khams marked by gold kufic ha’, ‘ashr marked by gold and polychrome roundels, one sura heading in gold kufic, inner edge of folios restored, in brown morocco stamped with central lobed medallion Folio 10 x 13 1/8in. (25.2 x 33.4cm.)
A KUFIC QUR’AN SECTION NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Comprising, in the order as bound, Qur’an XV, sura al-hijr, vv. 8-54 (part), Qur’an XVI, sura al-nahl, vv.30-53 (part), Qur’an XIII, sura al-ra’d, vv.26-33 (part), Qur’an XIV, sura Ibrahim, vv.6-14 (part), Qur’an XXI, sura al-anbya, vv.82– 94 (part), vv.38-69 (part), Qur’an XII, sura Yusuf, v.108 (part) – Qur’an XIII, sura al-ra’d, v.3 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus two flyleaves, 14ll. of black kufic, diacritics in red, gold roundel verse markers, khams marked by gold kufic ha’, ‘ashr marked by gold and polychrome roundels, one sura heading in gold kufic, inner edge of folios restored, in brown morocco stamped with central lobed medallion Folio 10 x 13 1/8in. (25.2 x 33.4cm.)
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