Sale 4024
London, South Kensington
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12 - 13 October 2006
Price realised
GBP 540
Estimate
TWO FOLIOS FROM A QURAN, ANDALUSIA OR NORTH AFRICA, 12TH CENTURY Manuscript on parchment, each folio with 9ll. of sepia maghribi, diacritical marks in red, blue, green and yellow, illuminated roundels with the word ayat in kufic between verses, every fifth verse marked with a gold half palmette- Folio 10 x 7¼in. (25.4 x 18.3cm.)
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