A LARGE FORMAT KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
A LARGE FORMAT KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Qur'an XX, Sura al-Taha , parts of vv 39-40, 59-63, 81-86, 109-113 and 127-130; Qur'an XXII, Sura al-Hajj , parts of 5-11, 78; Qur'an XXIII, Sura al-Mu'minum , parts of 27 and 28, manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 7ll. of large kufic script, diacritics in red and green, a few roundel or rosette gold and polychrome verse markers and one drop-shaped marginal medallion, in Qajar brown morocco with stamped cusped medallion and the name of the owner's library, areas of staining, pages with small areas of reinking, some damages around the edges 10¾ x 14¾in. (27.5 x 37.5cm.)
A LARGE FORMAT KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
A LARGE FORMAT KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Qur'an XX, Sura al-Taha , parts of vv 39-40, 59-63, 81-86, 109-113 and 127-130; Qur'an XXII, Sura al-Hajj , parts of 5-11, 78; Qur'an XXIII, Sura al-Mu'minum , parts of 27 and 28, manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 7ll. of large kufic script, diacritics in red and green, a few roundel or rosette gold and polychrome verse markers and one drop-shaped marginal medallion, in Qajar brown morocco with stamped cusped medallion and the name of the owner's library, areas of staining, pages with small areas of reinking, some damages around the edges 10¾ x 14¾in. (27.5 x 37.5cm.)
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