AN EARLY QUR'AN LEAF IN HIJAZI SCRIPT ON VELLUM, ARABIAN PENINSULA, SECOND HALF 7TH CENTURY AD

AN EARLY QUR'AN LEAF IN HIJAZI SCRIPT ON VELLUM, ARABIAN PENINSULA, SECOND HALF 7TH CENTURY AD

Surah al-Tawbah (IX), vv.51-70
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 23 lines to the page, written in Hijazi script in brown ink

leaf: 33.6 by 23.8cm. max.

Condition Report:
In fair overall condition, the upper right side of the folio missing as visible in the catalogue image, various holes in the leaf, creasing, and a few stains, otherwise script legible, as viewed.

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