Lot Essay
This Qur'an has been dated to the end of the 12th, beginning of the 13th century based on the illumination. Sections from this elegant Qur'an are in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, MS.1487m, and the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London.
Arberry, A.J.: The Koran illuminated, Dublin, 1967, cat.no.67, pp. 22-3, pl.35)
James, D.: The Master Scribes, London, 1992, cat. no.5, pp.34-39).
Arberry, A.J.: The Koran illuminated, Dublin, 1967, cat.no.67, pp. 22-3, pl.35)
James, D.: The Master Scribes, London, 1992, cat. no.5, pp.34-39).