TWO SECTIONS FROM QUR'ANS Morocco, signed Abdullah Mohammad...
TWO SECTIONS FROM QUR'ANS
Morocco, signed Abdullah Mohammad Al Kabir, dated Shawwal 1282 AH (1865)
Comprising two Qur'anic Juz' (29 and 30), Arabic manuscript on paper, 65ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 8ll., of black maghribi script, text markers in yellow, red, and blue, sura headings in yellow, in blind-tooled dark leather binding with flap, spine restored, the text panel 12cm x 7.2cm and the folio 16.5cm x 10cm; and Sura 5 (Al Ma'ida), Arabic manuscript on paper, 42ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll., within blue and red ruling, with green, red, silver-grey, and sepia markings, marginal markings in red and green circular motifs, the opening folio illuminated in polychromes, sura heading within rosette and cartouche in madder, ochre, green, and red, re-bound in blind-ruled brown leather with flap, the text panel 11.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 17cm x 12cm.
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TWO SECTIONS FROM QUR'ANS
Morocco, signed Abdullah Mohammad Al Kabir, dated Shawwal 1282 AH (1865)
Comprising two Qur'anic Juz' (29 and 30), Arabic manuscript on paper, 65ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 8ll., of black maghribi script, text markers in yellow, red, and blue, sura headings in yellow, in blind-tooled dark leather binding with flap, spine restored, the text panel 12cm x 7.2cm and the folio 16.5cm x 10cm; and Sura 5 (Al Ma'ida), Arabic manuscript on paper, 42ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll., within blue and red ruling, with green, red, silver-grey, and sepia markings, marginal markings in red and green circular motifs, the opening folio illuminated in polychromes, sura heading within rosette and cartouche in madder, ochre, green, and red, re-bound in blind-ruled brown leather with flap, the text panel 11.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 17cm x 12cm.
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