Lot 21
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Qur'an Leaf in Muhaqqaq Script on Paper, Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, Sha'ban A.H. 728/A.D. 1328

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

text: surat al-tauba (ix), vv: 1-2



12 lines per page of elegant black thuluth, single verse divisions marked by gold rosettes outlined in black and heightened with white, textual divisions marked in the margin by illuminated medallions, surah heading in gold outlined kufic on a blue cartouche set against an illuminated scrolling vine with associated marginal palmette

Provenance

Previously published as no.24, Catalogue 135, Philip C Duschnes, New York as originating from a Qur'an written by Ahmad b. 'Abdullah b. al-Mansur Hashemi al-'Abbasi, completed 7 Sha'ban 728.

Condition

In good condition, minor staining and smudging associated with age, cropped, some creasing, otherwise paper clean and ink strong, as viewed.
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