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NORTHERN NIGERIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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QUR'AN
NORTHERN NIGERIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 359 ff., each folio with 16ll. of sepia sudani script, with polychrome roundel verse markers, marginal medallions in the shape of rectangular illuminated cartouches, catchwords, the text preceded with a double-sided folio with carpet-like polychrome illustration, unbound, some folios including Qur'an I, sura al-fatiha, probably missing
Folio 9 1/8 x 7in. (23.1 x 17.8cm.)
NORTHERN NIGERIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 359 ff., each folio with 16ll. of sepia sudani script, with polychrome roundel verse markers, marginal medallions in the shape of rectangular illuminated cartouches, catchwords, the text preceded with a double-sided folio with carpet-like polychrome illustration, unbound, some folios including Qur'an I, sura al-fatiha, probably missing
Folio 9 1/8 x 7in. (23.1 x 17.8cm.)
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