TWO QUR'AN BIFOLIA
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TWO QUR'AN BIFOLIA

ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

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TWO QUR'AN BIFOLIA
Andalusia, 12th/13th century
Manuscript on parchment, one with 7ll. the other with 9ll. of cursive sepia maghribi, each with a sura heading in gold kufic, one issuing a gold openwork palmette into the margin, gold trefoils between verses, gold marginal medallions with the word 'ashra in reserve in kufic on red or blue ground, one bifolium mounted
Larger folio 10½ x 10 3/8in. (26.7 x 26.4xm.) (2)
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