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PROBABLY SULAWESI, INDONESIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A HALF QUR'AN
PROBABLY SULAWESI, INDONESIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Qur'an, XVIII (sura al-kahf) to end, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 210ff. plus 19 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of naskh in black ink, yellow verse roundels and sura headings in red naskh set in red and yellow ruled cartouches, text panels within similar red and yellow ruled margins, large polychrome marginal juz' markers, first and final bifolios with extensive polychrome illumination around text, end with further prayers and dedication, in contemporary gilt stamped binding with flap
Folio 12¼ x 8 7/8in. (31 x 22.8cm.)
PROBABLY SULAWESI, INDONESIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Qur'an, XVIII (sura al-kahf) to end, Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 210ff. plus 19 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of naskh in black ink, yellow verse roundels and sura headings in red naskh set in red and yellow ruled cartouches, text panels within similar red and yellow ruled margins, large polychrome marginal juz' markers, first and final bifolios with extensive polychrome illumination around text, end with further prayers and dedication, in contemporary gilt stamped binding with flap
Folio 12¼ x 8 7/8in. (31 x 22.8cm.)
拍場告示
Please note that this half Qur'an can be more accurately attributed to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
榮譽呈獻
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse