Sale 5499
London, South Kensington
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8 October 2010
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
A QUR'AN, WITH ADDED SIGNATURE OF YA'QUT, IRAN, DATED 679AH/1280AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 424ff. with 11ll. of neat black naskh, corrections in red, gold roundel verse markers, with gold border with outer blue rule, opening bifolium illuminated, signature to final folio, in restored brown tooled binding - folio 9 x 5 3/4in (22.9 x 14.5cm)
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