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A LARGE BIFOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IN 'EASTERN' KUFIC SCRIPT SELJUK IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, 12TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BIFOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IN 'EASTERN' KUFIC SCRIPT
SELJUK IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, 12TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), vv.101-134, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of large black kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in black, blue and red, with black diacritics, green and red vocalization, Persian interlinear translation written diagonally in naskh script, marginal medallions in kufic script with illuminated circular medallions in gold and polychrome, mounted, framed and glazed,
Folio 14 x 9 ½in (35.5 x 24.4cm.)
SELJUK IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, 12TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), vv.101-134, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of large black kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in black, blue and red, with black diacritics, green and red vocalization, Persian interlinear translation written diagonally in naskh script, marginal medallions in kufic script with illuminated circular medallions in gold and polychrome, mounted, framed and glazed,
Folio 14 x 9 ½in (35.5 x 24.4cm.)
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A LARGE BIFOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IN 'EASTERN' KUFIC SCRIPT
SELJUK IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, 12TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), vv.101-134, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of large black kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in black, blue and red, with black diacritics, green and red vocalization, Persian interlinear translation written diagonally in naskh script, marginal medallions in kufic script with illuminated circular medallions in gold and polychrome, mounted, framed and glazed,
Folio 14 x 9 ½in (35.5 x 24.4cm.)
SELJUK IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, 12TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), vv.101-134, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14ll. of large black kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers highlighted in black, blue and red, with black diacritics, green and red vocalization, Persian interlinear translation written diagonally in naskh script, marginal medallions in kufic script with illuminated circular medallions in gold and polychrome, mounted, framed and glazed,
Folio 14 x 9 ½in (35.5 x 24.4cm.)
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