A MAGHRIBI SCRIPT QURAN SECTION, NORTH-AFRICA OR
An Arabic manuscript on vellum, 51 leaves plus 6 flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in brown ink, verses separated by gold knotted trefoils pointed in red and blue, 'khums and ’ashra' verse markers, incomplete, f.42b with surah heading (surah Al-An’ am, Quran 6) written in gold Kufic script with illuminated palmette extending into the margin.
Later morocco binding, with flap.
19.6 by 17.5 cm.
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An Arabic manuscript on vellum, 51 leaves plus 6 flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in brown ink, verses separated by gold knotted trefoils pointed in red and blue, 'khums and ’ashra' verse markers, incomplete, f.42b with surah heading (surah Al-An’ am, Quran 6) written in gold Kufic script with illuminated palmette extending into the margin.
Later morocco binding, with flap.
19.6 by 17.5 cm.
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