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ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO
ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on parchment, each folio with 9ll. of black maghribi script, verse marked with clusters of three gold roundels with polychrome highlights, khams markers in gold, one gold and polychrome illuminated marginal marker, sura heading in gold kufic script issuing a gold openwork palmette into the margin, with polychrome vocalisation, mounted
9½ x 18 3/8in. (24.2 x 46.7cm.)
ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on parchment, each folio with 9ll. of black maghribi script, verse marked with clusters of three gold roundels with polychrome highlights, khams markers in gold, one gold and polychrome illuminated marginal marker, sura heading in gold kufic script issuing a gold openwork palmette into the margin, with polychrome vocalisation, mounted
9½ x 18 3/8in. (24.2 x 46.7cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 23 April 2002, lot 3.