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A LARGE QUR'AN FOLIO
NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 7ll. of large sepia maghribi script, verse markers in the shape of gold rosette or knots outlined in black with polychrome highlights, with yellow and green dot reading markers, the margin with a gold and polychrome circular medallion inscribed 'ashr in white kufic script on blue ground, with red vocalization and sepia diacritics, minor staining otherwise very cleaned, trimmed, mounted
10½ x 9¼in. (26.7 x 23.7cm.)

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