NINE LARGE QUR'AN FOLIOS
POSSIBLY MOSUL, IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY
NINE LARGE QUR'AN FOLIOS POSSIBLY MOSUL, IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY Including Qur'an XXX ( sura al-rum ), parts, Qur'an XLI ( sura fussilat ), parts, to Qur'an XLIII ( sura al-zukhruf ), parts, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of black muhaqqaq script, with gold, black and blue roundel verse markers, sura headings in larger blue thuluth script, with fine marginal medallions in gold kufic script on red ground within illuminated roundels emiting palmettes into the margin, with catchwords, old repairs, otherwise in good condition Folio 19 7/8 x 12½in. (50.5 x 32cm.) max.
NINE LARGE QUR'AN FOLIOS
POSSIBLY MOSUL, IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY
NINE LARGE QUR'AN FOLIOS POSSIBLY MOSUL, IRAQ, 13TH CENTURY Including Qur'an XXX ( sura al-rum ), parts, Qur'an XLI ( sura fussilat ), parts, to Qur'an XLIII ( sura al-zukhruf ), parts, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of black muhaqqaq script, with gold, black and blue roundel verse markers, sura headings in larger blue thuluth script, with fine marginal medallions in gold kufic script on red ground within illuminated roundels emiting palmettes into the margin, with catchwords, old repairs, otherwise in good condition Folio 19 7/8 x 12½in. (50.5 x 32cm.) max.
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