A illuminated Qur'an section, MAMLUK, PROBABLY EGYPT OR THE YEMEN, circa 1300-1350

Text: Juz XXVII



Arabic manuscript on thick cream coloured paper, 24 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, large gold rosettes decorated with alternating blue and orange dots, sura heading written in thuluth script in gold with diacritics and vowel points in blue, illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, contemporary brown morocco with central medallions and borders tooled in blind and gold, doublures of stencilled  brown morocco decorated with floral motifs

minor losses to the cover, some rubbing and staining of the pages, ink strong, overall good condition, as viewed.
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A similar Qur'an section was sold in these rooms on 14 October 1999, lot 11.