Lot Essay
Two folios from the same Qur'an were sold at Christie's, King Street, 26 April 2012, lot 55. Another sold at Sotheby's, 6 October 2010, lot 1.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Details
A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), v.27 (part) to v.35 (part), Arabic manuscript on parchment, with 14ll. of elegant black kufic script, verses marked with small pyramids of three gold dots outlined in black, with section marker in the shape of a gold and polychrome rosette outlined in black, vocalization in red or green dots, some diacritics marked as coloured or black lines, later added pen marks to the top left hand side corner, hair side rubbed, restored
9¾ x 13 3/8in. (24.8 x 33.8cm.)
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), v.27 (part) to v.35 (part), Arabic manuscript on parchment, with 14ll. of elegant black kufic script, verses marked with small pyramids of three gold dots outlined in black, with section marker in the shape of a gold and polychrome rosette outlined in black, vocalization in red or green dots, some diacritics marked as coloured or black lines, later added pen marks to the top left hand side corner, hair side rubbed, restored
9¾ x 13 3/8in. (24.8 x 33.8cm.)