AN ILLUMINATED CARPET-PAGE FROM A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN SPAIN, CIRCA 1250-1300...
AN ILLUMINATED CARPET-PAGE FROM A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN
SPAIN, CIRCA 1250-1300 AD
Qur'an XII, sura Yusuf, vv.52-54 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, the recto with gold and polychrome illuminated geometric lattice, the verso with 4ll. of black maghribi below a gold and polychrome illuminated line issuing marginal medallion into the margin, mounted, framed and glazed
10 ¼ x 10 1/8in. (26.1 x 25.7cm.)
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UK art market, 1988
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AN ILLUMINATED CARPET-PAGE FROM A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN
SPAIN, CIRCA 1250-1300 AD
Qur'an XII, sura Yusuf, vv.52-54 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, the recto with gold and polychrome illuminated geometric lattice, the verso with 4ll. of black maghribi below a gold and polychrome illuminated line issuing marginal medallion into the margin, mounted, framed and glazed
10 ¼ x 10 1/8in. (26.1 x 25.7cm.)
Provenance
UK art market, 1988