The following thirty three lots come from a collection formed in France in the 1940s
Four Qur'an folios
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Four Qur'an folios
manuscript on paper, 11ll. of black rayhani, gold rosettes between verses, some within blue cresents, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions and drop-shapes marking the divisions of text, sura heading in gold kufic in an illuminated panel, (some staining and wear) Mamluk, 14th century - 13½ x 10½in. (34.4 x 26.7cm.)
See illustration for part lot (4)
manuscript on paper, 11ll. of black rayhani, gold rosettes between verses, some within blue cresents, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions and drop-shapes marking the divisions of text, sura heading in gold kufic in an illuminated panel, (some staining and wear) Mamluk, 14th century - 13½ x 10½in. (34.4 x 26.7cm.)
See illustration for part lot (4)