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The second juz' from the same Qur'an was sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 131.
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EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
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MAMLUK QUR'AN JUZ'
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Comprising the 5th juz', Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 35ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 5ll. of elegant black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal medallion khams and 'ashr markers, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination issuing medallions into the margin and framing 2ll. of text, some staining and repair to the lower margins, in original brown morocco with stamped central medallion and borders, the doublures stamped with intricate arabesques
11 7/8 x 8¼in. (30.1 x 20.5cm.)
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Comprising the 5th juz', Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 35ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 5ll. of elegant black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal medallion khams and 'ashr markers, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination issuing medallions into the margin and framing 2ll. of text, some staining and repair to the lower margins, in original brown morocco with stamped central medallion and borders, the doublures stamped with intricate arabesques
11 7/8 x 8¼in. (30.1 x 20.5cm.)
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Romain Pingannaud
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