A SUB-SAHARAN QUR’AN WITH ITS SATCHEL Possibly Nigeria, Africa, late 19th – early 20th century

A SUB-SAHARAN QUR’AN WITH ITS SATCHEL
Possibly Nigeria, Africa, late 19th – early 20th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 442ff., each loose folio with 14ll. of sepia ink crude maghribi script, diacritic and marginal marks in red ink, with catchwords on the margins and very sporadic illuminations, grouped within two panels of black and white striped cardboard, in fitted suede and leather satchel, the front decorated with woven leather white roundels with dark brown sun collar, the outer flap with a matching woven zig-zag band, the inner flap of blind-tooled red calf, the strap of woven black and tan leather, each folio 16cm x 11cm, the satchel 15.5cm x 22cm x 10cm.
each folio 16cm x 11cm, the satchel 15.5cm x 22cm x 10cm
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