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NORTH AFRICA OR AL-ANDALUS, CIRCA 13TH/14TH CENTURY
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A MAGHRIBI QUR’AN SECTION
NORTH AFRICA OR AL-ANDALUS, CIRCA 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Qur’an XI (sura hud), vv.91-120, Arabic manuscript on vellum, six folios in one quire of three bifolios, each with 7ll. of large sepia maghribi script, each verse marker marked in white kufic script within gold and polychrome illuminated roundel, diacritics in sepia, vocalisation in blue and pink, reading marks in green and red, with ‘ashr and khams marginal medallions illuminated in gold and polychrome in the form of tapering palmettes
Text area 7 7/8 x 9in. (20 x 15.3cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 8 ¾in. (23.8 x 22.3cm.)
NORTH AFRICA OR AL-ANDALUS, CIRCA 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Qur’an XI (sura hud), vv.91-120, Arabic manuscript on vellum, six folios in one quire of three bifolios, each with 7ll. of large sepia maghribi script, each verse marker marked in white kufic script within gold and polychrome illuminated roundel, diacritics in sepia, vocalisation in blue and pink, reading marks in green and red, with ‘ashr and khams marginal medallions illuminated in gold and polychrome in the form of tapering palmettes
Text area 7 7/8 x 9in. (20 x 15.3cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 8 ¾in. (23.8 x 22.3cm.)