Eleven large Qur'an leaves
probably provincial Mamluk, 14th Century
probably provincial Mamluk, 14th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskhi and muhaqqaq script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, gold discs decorated with blue dots, circular illuminated devices in margins, sura heading written in thuluth in blue and green, soiled, edges frayed, smudged
472 x 322 mm.(11)
472 x 322 mm.(11)
Sold for
£1,320
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Text: sura XVIII, al-Kahf, verse 103-end; sura XIX, Maryam, verse 1-end; sura XX, Ta-Ha, verses 1-128; sura XXI, Anbiyaa, verse 103-end.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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