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Important Medieval Manuscripts From the Collection of the Late Ernst Boehlen

Fragment, C9th | A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9th century]

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A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9th century]

 

a leaf of Arabic manuscript on vellum (118 x 174mm, max), 19 lines to the page in Kufic in sepia ink, diacritics in red, mounted and framed

 

TEXT

Qur’an, surah al-qasas (XXVIII), verse 33 to middle of verse 61

 

PROVENANCE

The Boehlen Collection, Bern, MS 810

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