Lot Essay
Zia to read a bit of this so I can find where it comes from!
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Qur'an section
Near East or North Africa, 10th century
comprising sura xxxv, al-Fatir part v.11-part v.27, manuscript on vellum, 11ff. each with 5ll. of strong brown kufic, pointing in red, green, yellow and blue, gold rosettes with briwn centre and red dots between verses, larger gold and green rosettes to mark every tenth verse, similar red and gold ones to mark every twentieth, (flaking on some folios, damage to folio edges)
folio 10 x 7½in. (25.4 x 18.5cm.) (11)
Near East or North Africa, 10th century
comprising sura xxxv, al-Fatir part v.11-part v.27, manuscript on vellum, 11ff. each with 5ll. of strong brown kufic, pointing in red, green, yellow and blue, gold rosettes with briwn centre and red dots between verses, larger gold and green rosettes to mark every tenth verse, similar red and gold ones to mark every twentieth, (flaking on some folios, damage to folio edges)
folio 10 x 7½in. (25.4 x 18.5cm.) (11)