A QUR'AN BIFOLIUM IN GOLD MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT ON PAPER, EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, CIRCA 1325-1350 AD
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A QUR'AN BIFOLIUM IN GOLD MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT ON PAPER, EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, CIRCA 1325-1350 AD
text: surah al-Hajj (XXII), end of v.32 to middle of v.40
Arabic manuscript on paper, 5 lines to the page, written in muhaqqaq in gold outlined in black ink, diacritics in black, verses separated by gold and blue rosettes, fifth and tenth verse marked in gold in the margins, framed
bifolium: 34.5 by 47.7cm.