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A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
EARLY ABBASID, NEAR EAST, SECOND HALF 8TH CENTURY
Qur'an XLIII, sura al-zukhruf, v.41 (part) to Qur'an XLVI, sura al-ahqaf, v.24 (part), Arabic manuscript on parchment, six folios, each folio with 15ll. of angular kufic script, with roundel 'ashr markers, with three sura headings in red kufic script, with red roundel tajwid marks, extensive restoration, in modern binding
Folio 5 x 7½in. (12.6 x 19.2cm.) inclusive of marginal repairs

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