Five leaves from an illuminated Qur'an in eastern Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Persia, 10th/11th century AD
Auction Closed
October 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
text: Qur'an, surah Hud (XI), middle of verse 67 to middle of verse 70; middle of verse 110 to middle of verse 117; surah Yusuf (XII), middle of verse 3 to middle of verse 5
Comprising a bifolio and 3 single leaves, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5 lines to the page written in eastern Kufic in black ink, diacritics in red and green, verses separated by gold rosettes with red and green dots, a gold ha' marking khams, an illuminated marginal medallion marking 'ashr
each leaf: 8.1 by 12.8cm.
bifolium: 26 by 8.1cm.
Further folios from this manuscript are housed in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait (Safwat 1997, p.38) and a section of 45 leaves was sold in these rooms, 18 April 1983, lot 6.
You May Also Like
