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Description
QUR’AN
West Africa or the Sahara, late 19th–early 20th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 442 folios, 12 lines of Sudani script in black ink per page, verses indicated by polychrome illuminated markers, the Fatiha underlined by an illuminated cartouche, surah titles in red ink, marginal medallions, headpieces, in a cardboard binding held together with a leather band, not collated but appearing to be complete, in good overall condition.
Dimensions: 13.5 x 9.5 cm (text panel); 23.8 x 19.2 cm (leaf)
A Qur’an in Sudani Script,
West Africa or the Sahara, Late 19th–Early 20th Century
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