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Please see the previous lot in this sale for a note on this folio.
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NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
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A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, end of v.54 - end of v.63, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 17ll. of elegant sepia kufic, red diacritics, gold pyramid verse markers, one square section marker and one rounded marking khams and 'ashr, light staining to the edges of the folio
Folio 7¾ x 10¾in. (19.6 x 27.3cm.)
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, end of v.54 - end of v.63, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 17ll. of elegant sepia kufic, red diacritics, gold pyramid verse markers, one square section marker and one rounded marking khams and 'ashr, light staining to the edges of the folio
Folio 7¾ x 10¾in. (19.6 x 27.3cm.)
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