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QUR'AN
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QUR'AN

SUDAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN
Sudan, probably 19th century
Manuscript on paper, the loose leaf manuscript comprising 433ff. with 15ll. of angular sepia Sudani maghribi within wide margins, yellow trefoils between verses, sura headings written in dark red, marginal tafsir in red in margins, geometric illuminated panels in sepia, yellow and terracotta and similar marginal roundels, catchwords in same hand, complete, occasional old repairs, between loose boards, modern green box cover
Folio 9¼ x 7½in. (23.5 x 18.5cm.)
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There is little firm knowledge on the use of this type of script in Qur'ans from West Africa. It resembles the early form of kufic and suggests that it developed from the Maghribi tradition. Few dated Qur'ans from this region are extant. A very similar Qur'an both in terms of the script and the illumination is to be found in the Bodleian Library (ms.Arab.d.141), dated to the 19th century.
Brockett, A.: "Aspects of the physical transmission of the Qur'an in 19th century Sudan", in Manuscripts of the Middle East, vol. II, Leiden, 1987, pp. 45-67.