TWO FOLIOS FROM A KUFIC QUR'AN
TWO FOLIOS FROM A KUFIC QUR'AN

NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY

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TWO FOLIOS FROM A KUFIC QUR'AN
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
Qur'an V (sura al-ma'ida), vv.28-36 (parts), and Qura'n VI (sura al-an'am) v. 28-38 (parts), Arabic manuscript on vellum, each folio with 11ll. of sepia and black kufic script, vocalization in red, green and yellow, later added diacritics in black, one khams marker in the shape of the letter ha painted in yellow, a 'ashr (?) marker in the form of a polychrome roundel, later added hizb marker to the margin, the two folios disjoined, mounted, glazed and framed
Text area 5 ¼ x 7 5/8in. (13.4 x 19.3cm.); folio 5 5/8 x 9in. (14.3 x 22.8cm.) (visible)

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Another bifolio from this Qur'an sold at Christie's South Kensington, 11 April 2014, lot 238.

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