.jpg?w=1)
ABBASID NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Details
A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
ABBASID NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an LXXII (al-jinn), v.27 to Qur'an LXXIII (al-muzammil), v.20, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 17ll. of sepia kufic to the page, clusters of gold roundels as verse markers, red reading marks, sura heading a long polychrome cartouche with floral decoration issuing a gold palmette, gold marginal marker in kufic
7 7/8 x 10 ¼in. (20 x 26cm.)
ABBASID NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an LXXII (al-jinn), v.27 to Qur'an LXXIII (al-muzammil), v.20, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 17ll. of sepia kufic to the page, clusters of gold roundels as verse markers, red reading marks, sura heading a long polychrome cartouche with floral decoration issuing a gold palmette, gold marginal marker in kufic
7 7/8 x 10 ¼in. (20 x 26cm.)