TWO LARGE FOLIOS FROM A MAMLUK QUR’AN
TWO LARGE FOLIOS FROM A MAMLUK QUR’AN

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY

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TWO LARGE FOLIOS FROM A MAMLUK QUR’AN
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Qur’an II (sura al-baqara), vv.225-232 and Qur’an III (sura al imran), vv.165-178 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 11ll. of black muhaqqaq script, verse smarked with gold, black and blue rosettes, one fine marginal hizb marker in thuluth script in gold and blue illuminated palmette, tapering at top, each individually mounted
Folio 19 1/8 x 13 7/8in. (48.5 x 35.3cm.)

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