Sale 4024
London, South Kensington
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12 - 13 October 2006
Price realised
GBP 960
Estimate
A QUR'AN FOLIO, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, 12TH-14TH CENTURY Manuscript on parchment, with 7ll. of sepia maghribi, diacritical marks in red and blue, end of juz marked in gold kufic with an illuminated palmette in the margin, card mount-Folio 7½ x 6¾in. (18.8 x 17.2cm.)
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