Leaf from a Kufic Quran, on parchment [North Africa or Near East, second half of the ninth century]
Leaf from a Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [North Africa or Near East, probably second half of the ninth century] single leaf, ink on parchment, single column, 10 lines sepia kufic script (most comparable to Devroché group D.III), some vocalisation in red, diacritics added in a later hand in black ink, some light browning, reverse faded and rubbed, parchment cockled, 190 by 290 mm.
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Leaf from a Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [North Africa or Near East, probably second half of the ninth century] single leaf, ink on parchment, single column, 10 lines sepia kufic script (most comparable to Devroché group D.III), some vocalisation in red, diacritics added in a later hand in black ink, some light browning, reverse faded and rubbed, parchment cockled, 190 by 290 mm.