An early illuminated Qur'an section (XX), copied by Muhammad Yunus al-Warraq, Iran or Iraq, late 11th/early 12th century AD

text: Juz' XX, surah al-Naml (XXVII) v.56 - surah al-'Ankabut (XXIX) v.45

Arabic manuscript on thick buff paper, 67 folios, 5 lines to the page, written in muhaqqaq-tawqi script in black ink, diacritics in red, blue and black, fifth verses marked with marginal gold devices, tenth verses marked with marginal rosettes pointed in blue and red comprising abjad verse count, juz' heading on the opening page in gold Eastern Kufic script on a red hatched ground within a gold rectangular panel with an illuminated device extending into the margin, surah headings in gold Eastern Kufic script, end of the juz' marked with a narrow gold band, the name of the scribe on the final folio, in original leather tooled binding with a central medallion of knotted strapwork, with later soft leather cover

17.5 by 10.7cm.

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