Lot Essay
Other folios from this Qur'an sold at Christie's King Street, 6 October 2011, lot 21 and at Christie's South Kensington, 23 April 2012, lot 107, and 11 October 2013, lot 712.
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PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
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A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
Qur'an XXXVII (sura al-saffat), vv.17-34 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 10ll. of sepia kufic script with idiosyncratic rounded letters, added diacritics in sepia, vocalization in red, green and yellow, verse markers as roundels decorated with polychrome dots, one khams marker in the shape of the letter ha, mounted
7.3/8 x 11.1/2in. (18.8 x 29.2cm.)
PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
Qur'an XXXVII (sura al-saffat), vv.17-34 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 10ll. of sepia kufic script with idiosyncratic rounded letters, added diacritics in sepia, vocalization in red, green and yellow, verse markers as roundels decorated with polychrome dots, one khams marker in the shape of the letter ha, mounted
7.3/8 x 11.1/2in. (18.8 x 29.2cm.)
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