A PINK QUR'AN FOLIO NASRID SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
A PINK QUR'AN FOLIO
NASRID SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, Qur'an XXXV, sura al-fatir, v. 45 (part) to Qur'an XXXVI, sura ya-sin, v.1, the folio with 5ll. of sepia maghribi, diacritics in gold, shadda and sukun in cobalt blue, hamza marked by yellow dots, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura heading in gold kufic reserved against gold and polychrome panel issuing marginal medallion, the words hubus ('endowed') added to the top corner with pin pricks
Folio 12 x 9in. (30.4 x 22.8cm.)
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A PINK QUR'AN FOLIO
NASRID SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, Qur'an XXXV, sura al-fatir, v. 45 (part) to Qur'an XXXVI, sura ya-sin, v.1, the folio with 5ll. of sepia maghribi, diacritics in gold, shadda and sukun in cobalt blue, hamza marked by yellow dots, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura heading in gold kufic reserved against gold and polychrome panel issuing marginal medallion, the words hubus ('endowed') added to the top corner with pin pricks
Folio 12 x 9in. (30.4 x 22.8cm.)
Provenance
London trade by 2000
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