An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th-10th century AD
Lot Closed
October 27, 01:57 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
text: Qur'an, surah Yunus (X), end of v.75 - middle of v.78
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5 lines to the page written in Kufic in dark brown ink, diacritics in red, green and dark brown, verses separated by illuminated rosettes, a gold ha' and an illuminated marginal medallion marking khams, framed
19.4 by 28.6cm.
On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, probably 1983.
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