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An illuminated Qur'an bifolium in Maghribi script on vellum, North Africa or Spain, 12th/13th century

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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text: Qur'an, surah al-dukhan (XLIV), verse 25 to surah al-jathiyah (XLV) surah heading

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 lines to the page written in Maghribi in sepia ink, diacritics in red and blue, verses separated by clusters of three yellow roundels, khams marked by a yellow ha', 'ashr marked by a yellow roundel, a surah heading in yellow Kufic

16.2 by 31.8cm.

Formerly in the collection of a Middle Eastern Ambassador to the UK, early 1970s