from an elegant Abbasid Qur'an
[QUR'AN].
Leaf from a fine Abbasid Qur'an, copied in early Kufic script.
Abbasid Cairo or Damascus, first half of 9th century.
For more on information see Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition (London, 1992, pp. 36-37).
Single leaf, illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Arabic; single column, 17 lines elegant sepia kufic script, vocalisation in the form of red dots, individual verse divisions marked by three red dots in a triangular formation, some oxidisation from ink causing small holes to parchment, some age-toning and light staining to outer edges, very light surface soiling and light rubbing, framed and glazed.
Stock code 122855
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