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Three Qur'an folios
Persia or Iraq, 10th century
comprising sura xxxiii, al-Azhab, part vv.30-31, 41-44 and 51-52, manuscript on vellum, each folio with 5ll. of brown eastern kufic, pointing in dark brown, vowelling in red, blue, green and yellow, gold and brown roundels with red dots between verses, (very slight staining and flaking, negligible wear to edges), 'first' folio with gold, brown, blue and green illuminated panel and marginal palmette (rubbing and staining, minor wear to folio edges), verso with later black naskh transcription
folio 5¾ x 4¼in. (14.6 x 10.8cm.) (3)
Persia or Iraq, 10th century
comprising sura xxxiii, al-Azhab, part vv.30-31, 41-44 and 51-52, manuscript on vellum, each folio with 5ll. of brown eastern kufic, pointing in dark brown, vowelling in red, blue, green and yellow, gold and brown roundels with red dots between verses, (very slight staining and flaking, negligible wear to edges), 'first' folio with gold, brown, blue and green illuminated panel and marginal palmette (rubbing and staining, minor wear to folio edges), verso with later black naskh transcription
folio 5¾ x 4¼in. (14.6 x 10.8cm.) (3)