Qur'an bifolio

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Qur'an bifolio
Near East or North Africa, ninth/tenth century

comprising sura v (al-Ma'idah) a part of vv.78-81, manuscript on vellum, each folio with 6ll. of brown elongated kufic, pointing in red with black dots, gold rosette at end of tenth verse, final folio with border of gold rope-pattern above and below the text, and a leafy marginal palmette in gold, red, blue and brown, (some flaking, particularly on the inner folios, minor staining)
folio 6 x 8½in. (15 x 21.6in.)

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