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A VERY LARGE QUR'AN BIFOLIUM
PROBABLY OTTOMAN CAIRO AND FROM A QUR'AN DATED AH 969/1561-62 AD
A VERY LARGE QUR'AN BIFOLIUM PROBABLY OTTOMAN CAIRO AND FROM A QUR'AN DATED AH 969/1561-62 AD Comprising Qur'an XLII ( sura al-shura ), vv.42-53, XLIII ( sura al-zukhruf ), vv.1-3 (part) and vv.49-69 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 11ll. of powerful black muhaqqaq , with gold and blue roundel verse markers, 'ashr marginal markers in gold thuluth outlined with black, with red and blue reading marks, the name of God in gold and the bismallah in gold outlined with black, sura heading in white thuluth outlined with black over gold ground with red floral illumination within rectangular cartouche with blue and white borders, text within gold and blue rules, slight corrosion of the ink, very good condition, mounted, framed and glazed Text panel 15 x 9in. (38.2 x 23cm.); folio 19 x 12¾in. (48.3 x 32.8cm.)