Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
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October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN ‘ABD AL-QADIR B. IBRAHIM B. AHMAD B. AL-HASANI, NORTH AFRICA, DATED 1197 AH/1783 AD
Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 269 leaves plus 6 fly-leaves, 19 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in brown ink, red vocalisation with blue and yellow reading marks, ruled in red or yellow, verses separated by red dots, surah headings in bolder script, mainly in red, within cartouches, verse markers in the margins, f.1b and 2a with a polychrome frame, in brown leather stamped binding
20.1 by 14.5cm.