16th Jul, 2021 14:00

Islamic & Indian Art

 
  Lot 264
 

TWO LOOSE MAGHRIBI QUR’AN FOLIOS, SURA AL-AHZAB 33:37 AND 33:40-44
North Africa or Andalusia (Al-Andalus), Islamic Spain, 13th - 14th century

TWO LOOSE MAGHRIBI QUR’AN FOLIOS, SURA AL-AHZAB 33:37 AND 33:40-44
North Africa or Andalusia (Al-Andalus), Islamic Spain, 13th - 14th century

Comprising two loose folios of a Quranic Arabic manuscript on vellum, each with 9ll. of sepia ink maghribi script to the page, gold rosettes as verse markers, diacritic marks in blue and red, mounted, framed and glazed, 20cm x 18.5cm, 34cm x 33.5cm including the frame; and 20.5cm x 19cm, 35cm x 34cm including the frame.

Provenance: Bonhams London, 12 October 2005, part of lot 8.

Sold for £481

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