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A QUR'AN SECTION
RASULID YEMEN, 14TH CENTURY
Qur'an V, sura ma'idah vv.44 (part)-109 (part); VI, sura al-anam vv.1-36 and 99-119, Arabic manuscript on paper, 8ff. each with 13ll. of which the top and bottom lines in large black muhaqqaq outlined in gold, the middle line in gold muhaqqaq, the rest in black naskh, tajwid notes in red ink, gold rosette verse markers, the margins plain with gold and blue medallions to mark divisions, unbound, restoration and rewriting to black muhaqqaq, each folio mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 15 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (39.1 x 30.7cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Paris, 1960s and thence by descent
From which acquired by the current owner

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Lot Essay

Although a Mamluk Egyptian origin cannot be completely discounted, David James suggests that the distinctive layout, as well as the use of a variety of scripts which include muhaqqaq, thuluth and naskh, indicate that this Qur’an was produced outside the area under direct control of the Mamluk Sultans. He suggests that it might have been copied under Rasulid patronage in Yemen (1229-1454). Other folios from the manuscript are in the Khalili Collection (inv. QUR 850, J. M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection, Abu Dhabi, 2007, no.165, p.143), the Lygo Collection (Will Kwiatowski, Pages of the Qur’an, the Lygo Collection, London, n.d., pp.100-101, no.58) and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A bifolio from the same Qur’an sold in these Rooms, 9 October 2014, lot 2 and more recently four folios sold 27 April 2017, lot 11.

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