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A LARGE QUR'AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 10TH CENTURY
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- vellum
text: surat al-waqi'ah (lvi), vv.4-23
Arabic manuscript leaf on vellum, 5 lines per page written in fine, stretched Kufic script in brown ink, occasional letter pointing of brown diagonal dashes, vocalisation in red, green and blue dots, single verses marked with gold roundels surrounded by petals in brown ink and containing the exact verse number (ithnan, thalatha, 'arba, etc.) in small gold Kufic, tenth verses marked in margins with large illuminated roundels containing the word 'ashra, ink on recto worn
Arabic manuscript leaf on vellum, 5 lines per page written in fine, stretched Kufic script in brown ink, occasional letter pointing of brown diagonal dashes, vocalisation in red, green and blue dots, single verses marked with gold roundels surrounded by petals in brown ink and containing the exact verse number (ithnan, thalatha, 'arba, etc.) in small gold Kufic, tenth verses marked in margins with large illuminated roundels containing the word 'ashra, ink on recto worn
Catalogue Note
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