A KUFIC QURAN FOLIO, NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
A KUFIC QURAN FOLIO, NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
Qur’an XXVI. sura al-Shuara vv.210 part to end of v.227
Qur’an XXVII. Sura al- Naml from beginning with basmala to v.7 part
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 15ll. of black Kufic script, vocalisation in red dots, three black dashes between verses, khams marked by a gold Kufic stylised ‘ha, ashr marked by gold and polychrome roundels, sura heading in gold Kufic,
A folio from the same manuscript at Aga Khan Museum with the accession number AKM293
The script and illumination of this manuscript are closely comparable two folios in the Khalili Collection (inv,nos.KFQ13 and KFQ14, Déroche, 1992,pp.54-55, no.9)
Folio 26,2 x 18,7 cm
Privately Entered, The Following lots (1-11) are from the private collection of MRS M S