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SELJUK PERSIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
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Five leaves from the Qur'an
Seljuk Persia, 11th/12th Century
Manuscript on dark buff paper, each folio with 15ll. of elegant sepia Eastern kufic, gold rosettes between verses, diacritics in red and green, a variety of gold marginal medallions, four of the leaves with sura headings in black and red naskh contained within gold outlined panels issuing palmettes into the margin, each leaf damaged at edges and with crease mark and wear across the centre
Folio 13.3/8 x 11in. (34 x 28cm.) (5)
Seljuk Persia, 11th/12th Century
Manuscript on dark buff paper, each folio with 15ll. of elegant sepia Eastern kufic, gold rosettes between verses, diacritics in red and green, a variety of gold marginal medallions, four of the leaves with sura headings in black and red naskh contained within gold outlined panels issuing palmettes into the margin, each leaf damaged at edges and with crease mark and wear across the centre
Folio 13.3/8 x 11in. (34 x 28cm.) (5)