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, 11 October 2013, lot 712 and 11 April 2014, lot 235.
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A KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO
PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
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A KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO
PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
Qur'an II (sura al-baqara), vv.159-165 and vv.178-184, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each folio with 10ll. of sepia kufic with idiosyncratic rounded letters, diacritics in sepia, vocalization in red, green and yellow, verse markers as roundels decorated with polychrome dots
Folio 7 ½ x 11 ½in. (18.9 x 29cm.)
PROBABLY UMAYYAD AL-ANDALUS, 10TH CENTURY
Qur'an II (sura al-baqara), vv.159-165 and vv.178-184, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each folio with 10ll. of sepia kufic with idiosyncratic rounded letters, diacritics in sepia, vocalization in red, green and yellow, verse markers as roundels decorated with polychrome dots
Folio 7 ½ x 11 ½in. (18.9 x 29cm.)