EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY

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A MAMLUK QUR'AN JUZ'
EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an VIII, suraal-kahf, v.57 to Qur'an XX, sura al-taha, v.135, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., each folio with 7ll. of black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, occasional catchwords, opening illuminated bifolio, folio 1r. with illuminated medallion, repairs to the margins, in brown Ottoman morocco with scalloped medallion decoration, brown leather doublures
Folio 9 3/8 x 6 ¾.in. (23.7 x 17cm.)

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Lot Essay

The illuminated title on f. 2r. is characteristic of the Riqa' used by Mamluk calligraphers as of the end of the 14th century. A Mamluk juz' with closely comparable frontispiece illuminations was sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2008, lot 92, while another was sold at Sotheby's, 5 April 2006, lot 15. More recently, five comparable Mamluk ajza' were sold at Sotheby's, 9 October 2013, lot 46.

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