Lot 16•
Juz XXII from a thirty-section Qu'ran North Africa, probably Morocco, 15th/16th Century(2)
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistJuz XXII from a thirty-section Qu'ran
North Africa, probably Morocco, 15th/16th Century
North Africa, probably Morocco, 15th/16th Century
Arabic manuscript on European watermarked paper, 48 leaves, seven lines to the page written in large maghribi script in brown ink with diacritics in green, blue and red, large gold markers of various shapes decorated with alternating blue and red dots, illuminated circular devices in margins, sura headings written in kufic script in gold, one illuminated headpiece with a medallion extending into outer margin, similar decorated panel on last page incorporating the sentence kamala al-juz al-thani wa al-'ishrun bi-hamdi Allah, waterstaining throughout, detached, edges frayed, brown morocco with stamped central medallions decorated with floral motifs, with flap, detached, worn, 275 x 210 mm.; and al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat and other prayers, North Africa, dated AH 1212/AD 1797, Arabic manuscript on paper, incomplete at beginning, with two diagrams of the holy tombs at Mecca and Madina, some defects, brown morocco, worn
111 x 102 mm.(2)
111 x 102 mm.(2)