Lot 59
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A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION

IRAN OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

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A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
IRAN OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY
Qur'an XXIII, sura al-mu'minun, vv. 28-53, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 6ff. each with 7ll. of strong dark sepia kufic, green and red dots marking vocalisation, three folios with simply drawn red, yellow, green and gold floral medallions marking verse divisions, two of the leaves fragmentary with two fragments of another Qur'an stuck to them
Largest folio 10 2/3 x 14¼in. (27.2 x 36.2cm.) (6)

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Lot Essay

Another folio from this Qur'an sold in these Rooms, 11 October 1988, lot 40 and is now in the Khalili Collection (François Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, London, 1992, no.69, p.126). A number of other bifolios and sections of this Qur'an sold in these Rooms, 15 October 2002, lots 44 to 52. More recently a section from this Qur'an sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2008, lot 12.

For a note on the Qur'an from which this comes, please see the preceding lot.

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