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Large Qur'an leaf
manuscript on paper, 16ll. of black muhaqqaq, gold roundels between verses, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, divisions of text marked marginally in black-outlined gold, sura heading (al-Kahaf) similar, (some wear particularly to lower edge) - 17 x 12½in. (43.2 x 32cm.); another, 12ll. black muhaqqaq, gold rosettes between verses, illuminated marginal medallions - 13¾ x 9¾in. (35 x 24.5cm.), both Mamluk, 14th century; and another folio, 14ll. black naskh, gold roundels between verses, green, orange and gold margins between black rules, gold and blue illuminated marginal medallions, Ottoman, 15th century - 10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.3cm.), all mounted
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manuscript on paper, 16ll. of black muhaqqaq, gold roundels between verses, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, divisions of text marked marginally in black-outlined gold, sura heading (al-Kahaf) similar, (some wear particularly to lower edge) - 17 x 12½in. (43.2 x 32cm.); another, 12ll. black muhaqqaq, gold rosettes between verses, illuminated marginal medallions - 13¾ x 9¾in. (35 x 24.5cm.), both Mamluk, 14th century; and another folio, 14ll. black naskh, gold roundels between verses, green, orange and gold margins between black rules, gold and blue illuminated marginal medallions, Ottoman, 15th century - 10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20.3cm.), all mounted
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