A vellum Qur'an leaf in kufic script (sura LXVII, al-Qalam, The Pen, part of verse 4 and part of verse 28)
Abbasid, late 8th/9th Century
Abbasid, late 8th/9th Century
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 17 lines to the page written in elongated and dispersed kufic script in brown ink, red dots probably added at a later date, clusters of gold dots between verses, gold inverted commas indicating every fifth verse (khamsa), and a gold square device indicating every tenth verse (ashr), creased, waterstained, in mount, framed
183 x 239 mm.
183 x 239 mm.
Sold for
£1,200
inc. premium
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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