Five Qur'an folios and a bifolio Andalusia, 12th Century, Arabic manuscript on...
Five Qur'an folios and a bifolio
Andalusia, 12th Century,
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of Andalusian maghribi script , vowels in red, other diacritics in blue, green and saffron, illuminated devices for verse-endings, together with another similar, with gold and polychrome marginal roundel, lobed quarter medallions as verse marker, stained, all mounted
bifolio, 42.5 x 26.5cm. ; folios, 26.5 x 25.5cm. (2), 30.5 x 28.2cm. (2) and 26.7 x 25.4cm mounted
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Provenance: Private UK collection acquired in the 1960s-80s
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Five Qur'an folios and a bifolio
Andalusia, 12th Century,
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of Andalusian maghribi script , vowels in red, other diacritics in blue, green and saffron, illuminated devices for verse-endings, together with another similar, with gold and polychrome marginal roundel, lobed quarter medallions as verse marker, stained, all mounted
bifolio, 42.5 x 26.5cm. ; folios, 26.5 x 25.5cm. (2), 30.5 x 28.2cm. (2) and 26.7 x 25.4cm mounted
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Provenance: Private UK collection acquired in the 1960s-80s
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