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A BIFOLIUM FROM THE 'NURSE'S QUR'AN'
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A BIFOLIUM FROM THE 'NURSE'S QUR'AN'

QAIRAWAN, 1019-1020AD

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A BIFOLIUM FROM THE 'NURSE'S QUR'AN'
QAIRAWAN, 1019-1020AD
Qur'an IX, surat al-tauba, vv.87-88 and 91-92, manuscript on vellum, with 5ll. of very bold angular kufic, vowelling in red, with shadda and sikun in blue and others in green, large marginal palmette in gold with blue outline, some staining, losses to corners, verso rubbed
Bifolium 17 x 24in. (43 x 61cm.)
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A bifolium from the monumental Qur'an, the Mushaf al-Hadinah , ('The Nurse's Qur'an'), known to have been made for the former nurse of the Zirid ruler al-Mui'zz b. Badis in Qairawan in AH 410 1019-20 AD by 'Ali al-Warraq and his workshop. With its unique bold variant kufic script, this Qur'an was among the grandest of early Islamic codices.

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