Lot Essay
The 15th, 16th and 17th juz' of this Qur'an were sold in these Rooms, 14 October 2003, lot 12.
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EGYPT, CIRCA 1400
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A LARGE MAMLUK QUR'AN JUZ'
EGYPT, CIRCA 1400
Comprising the 9th juz', Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 28ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 7ll. of strong black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, 'ashr marked in gold and polychrome marginal roundels, occasional notes in red thuluth in the margins, opening folio with the number of the juz' in white thuluth within a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, areas of staining, in later Mamluk style brown morocco with flap, paper covered doublures
Folio 13 7/8 x 10¼in. (35.4 x 26cm.)
EGYPT, CIRCA 1400
Comprising the 9th juz', Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 28ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 7ll. of strong black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, 'ashr marked in gold and polychrome marginal roundels, occasional notes in red thuluth in the margins, opening folio with the number of the juz' in white thuluth within a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, areas of staining, in later Mamluk style brown morocco with flap, paper covered doublures
Folio 13 7/8 x 10¼in. (35.4 x 26cm.)
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