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PROBABLY QAIROUAN, TUNISIA, 9TH CENTURY
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A KUFIC QUR’AN FOLIO ON BLUE VELLUM
PROBABLY QAIROUAN, TUNISIA, 9TH CENTURY
Qur’an II, sura al-baqara, vv.282-286, Arabic manuscript on blue vellum, the folio with 15ll. of elegant red-outlined gold kufic, silver verse markers, hair side and first word of skin side almost completely rubbed
Folio 10 7/8 x 14 1/8in. (27.6 x 35.7cm.)
PROBABLY QAIROUAN, TUNISIA, 9TH CENTURY
Qur’an II, sura al-baqara, vv.282-286, Arabic manuscript on blue vellum, the folio with 15ll. of elegant red-outlined gold kufic, silver verse markers, hair side and first word of skin side almost completely rubbed
Folio 10 7/8 x 14 1/8in. (27.6 x 35.7cm.)
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