TWO FOLIOS FROM AN IMPORTANT QUR'AN

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TWO FOLIOS FROM AN IMPORTANT QUR'AN

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TWO FOLIOS FROM AN IMPORTANT QUR'AN

Arts of Islam Including Property from the Bequest of Adrienne Minassian sold to benefit Brown University
26.04.2013

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TWO FOLIOS FROM AN IMPORTANT QUR'AN
BAGHDAD, 'ABBASID IRAQ, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 588/1192-93 AD
TWO FOLIOS FROM AN IMPORTANT QUR'AN BAGHDAD, 'ABBASID IRAQ, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 588/1192-93 AD Comprising Qur'an IV, sura al-nisa' , vv.44 (part)-46 (part) and vv.46 (part)-47 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 5ll. of elegant black muhaqqaq script, gold roundels between verses with the word aya in gold kufic script, with a large illuminated marginal medallion containing the exact verse count in gold kufic script, with added pagination in pencil at top, restored, laid down on card and mounted Folio 7¾ x 5 5/8in. (19.6 x 14.2cm.) visible