TWO CONSECUTIVE QUR’AN LEAVES IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, LATE 12TH-13TH CENTURY AD

TWO CONSECUTIVE QUR’AN LEAVES IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, LATE 12TH-13TH CENTURY AD

text: surah al-Bayyinah (XCVIII), middle of v.5 to surah al-Zalzalah, v.2
Arabic manuscript on thick pink paper, 5 lines to the page, written in large and bold Maghribi script, vocalisation in gold, verses separated by illuminated roundels containing ‘abjad letters in white and red, surah heading

each leaf: 33.4 by 25.5cm.

Condition Report:
In generally good condition, the margins are clean but showing some losses especially to the edges, these losses do not affect the text, some stains and rubbing, some flaking and losses to the illumination, as viewed.

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