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A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
POSSIBLY HIJAZ, 9TH CENTURY
Qur'an XLV, sura al-jathiya, vv.21 (part)-25 (part), of vertical format, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 11ll. of angular sepia kufic script, with red dot reading markers, with some added green markers, with some black stroke diacritics and three gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, the margin with a trimmed gold medallion, the reverse with areas of rubbing, some staining, mounted
8 1/8 x 6½in. (20.5 x 16.5cm.)

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