Lot Essay
Another leaf from the same Qur'an was sold at Christie's King Street, 19 October 1993, lot 37.
Details
Qur'an folio
manuscript on vellum, 14ll. of brown kufic, diacritics in red, green and blue, gold drop motifs, roundels and rosettes between verses, folio later numbered '23', North Africa or Near East, 9th/10th century - 4½ x 6¾in. (11.1 x 17.5cm.)
manuscript on vellum, 14ll. of brown kufic, diacritics in red, green and blue, gold drop motifs, roundels and rosettes between verses, folio later numbered '23', North Africa or Near East, 9th/10th century - 4½ x 6¾in. (11.1 x 17.5cm.)