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 vv. 5-11, 78; Qur'an XXIII, sura al-mu'minun , parts of vv. 27 and 28, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus two flyleaves, 7ll. of large black kufic , diacritics in red and green, gold and polychrome verse markers and one drop-shaped marginal medallion, in Qajar brown morocco with stamped cusped medallion and the name of the previous owner's library, cream paper doublures Each folio 10 7/8 x 14 ¾in. (27.5 x 37.5cm.) Provenance Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 8 April 2008, lot 12
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 vv. 5-11, 78; Qur'an XXIII, sura al-mu'minun , parts of vv. 27 and 28, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ff. plus two flyleaves, 7ll. of large black kufic , diacritics in red and green, gold and polychrome verse markers and one drop-shaped marginal medallion, in Qajar brown morocco with stamped cusped medallion and the name of the previous owner's library, cream paper doublures Each folio 10 7/8 x 14 ¾in. (27.5 x 37.5cm.) Provenance Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 8 April 2008, lot 12
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