A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic Script, North...
A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic Script, North Africa or Near East, 9th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 16 lines to the page, written in elongated Kufic script in brown ink, vocalisation in red, fifth verses marked with a stylised letter 'ha' in gold, tenth verses marked by a gold floret with a blue centre, f.2a with a surah heading in gold with an elaborate floral medallion stretching into the wide outer margin, text: surah al-mu'minum (XXIII), part of verse 117 to verse 118 (end of surah); sur
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A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic Script, North Africa or Near East, 9th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 16 lines to the page, written in elongated Kufic script in brown ink, vocalisation in red, fifth verses marked with a stylised letter 'ha' in gold, tenth verses marked by a gold floret with a blue centre, f.2a with a surah heading in gold with an elaborate floral medallion stretching into the wide outer margin, text: surah al-mu'minum (XXIII), part of verse 117 to verse 118 (end of surah); sur
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