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NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
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TWO KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIOS
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an X, sura yunus, middle of v.79 to middle of v.91 and Qur'an XXXII, sura al-sajda, middle of v.22 to Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-ahzab, middle of v.5, Arabic manuscript on two leaves of vellum, each with 14ll. of elegant sepia kufic with red roundel vocalization markers, gold terminal ha shaped khams markers and traces of gold and polychrome rosette 'ashir markers, a sura heading in gold kufic, areas of rubbing to the hair side of the folios
Each folio 5 3/8 x 7 7/8in. (13.6 x 20cm.)
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an X, sura yunus, middle of v.79 to middle of v.91 and Qur'an XXXII, sura al-sajda, middle of v.22 to Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-ahzab, middle of v.5, Arabic manuscript on two leaves of vellum, each with 14ll. of elegant sepia kufic with red roundel vocalization markers, gold terminal ha shaped khams markers and traces of gold and polychrome rosette 'ashir markers, a sura heading in gold kufic, areas of rubbing to the hair side of the folios
Each folio 5 3/8 x 7 7/8in. (13.6 x 20cm.)
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