29th Apr, 2022 13:00
AN INCOMPLETE QUR’AN (SURA 3 - 18)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN TRUST
Iraq or Syria, 18th - 19th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 174ff. plus 2 flyleaves, each folio with 12ll. of crisp black ink naskh script, missing from the text the first Sura al-Fatihah, the first 73 ayas of the second Sura al-Baqarah, and from Sura al-Kahf (18) to the end missing, some marks, verse markers, and chapter headings in red, catchwords, within red and blue rules, in recent burgundy fake leather paper binding laid on card, with green spine, the text panel 28.5cm x 16.4cm, the folio 35cm x 25cm.
Dimensions: the text panel 28.5cm x 16.4cm, the folio 35cm x 25cm
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