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NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
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KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript with parchment, 17ll. of small dark brown kufic script, vocalisation in red and brown, gold and brown clusters of dots marking the verses, shell-shapes marking the fifth, and squares marking the tenth verses, a band of gold and brown decorated squares with marginal palmette and heading marking the sura, light flaking, small areas of corrosion
7 7/8 x 10 3/8in. (20 x 26.2cm.)
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript with parchment, 17ll. of small dark brown kufic script, vocalisation in red and brown, gold and brown clusters of dots marking the verses, shell-shapes marking the fifth, and squares marking the tenth verses, a band of gold and brown decorated squares with marginal palmette and heading marking the sura, light flaking, small areas of corrosion
7 7/8 x 10 3/8in. (20 x 26.2cm.)