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Qur'an juz' XXII

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Qur'an juz' XXII
China, 18th century

manuscript on buff paper, 52ff. plus three flyleaves, each with 5ll. of bold black sini, punctuation in red, black outlined gold rosettes between verses, double red ruled margin, sura headings in red in red ruled panels, (smudging and staining, very light worming), opening bifolio with green, blue, purple, black and gold illuminated panels around three lines of text, original dark maroon morocco binding with stamped panels and borders (worn, one board and spine replaced)
folio 10 x 7½in. (25.4 x 19cm.)
text 6¼ x 4½in. (15.9 x 11.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Qur'an sections written by Chinese Muslims show the Far Eastern influence clearly in both the decoration and the script which is derived from naskh. A similar Qur'an section was sold in these Rooms, lot 69, 18 October 1994. There are also two folios from a Chinese Qur'an in the Chester Beatty Library.

James, D.: Qur'ans and Bindings in the Chester Beatty Library, World of Islam Festival Trust 1980, p.108

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