A QURAN IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA, DATED 1010 AH/1601 AD
A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 19 lines written in brown Maghribi script, tajwid in red with polychrome roundel verse markers. Surah headings in large gilt maghribi script outlined in brown, gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating the 'Juz'. Opening folio with polychrome decoration framing 9 lines. Final folio signed by Ahmed ibn Mousa ibn Aisa ibn Ahmed ibn Ali Al-Sharrif AL-Washirshi and dated 1010 AH/1601 AD. In black morocco binding with flap decorated with gold outlined central medallion. 15 by 20 cm.
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A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 19 lines written in brown Maghribi script, tajwid in red with polychrome roundel verse markers. Surah headings in large gilt maghribi script outlined in brown, gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating the 'Juz'. Opening folio with polychrome decoration framing 9 lines. Final folio signed by Ahmed ibn Mousa ibn Aisa ibn Ahmed ibn Ali Al-Sharrif AL-Washirshi and dated 1010 AH/1601 AD. In black morocco binding with flap decorated with gold outlined central medallion. 15 by 20 cm.
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