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FEUILLET D'UN CORAN MAMLOUK

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MIDDLE EAST, 14th-15th CENTURY Sura (al-A'râf - 83), vv. 86-88. Ink and gold on paper, 5 lines of Qur'anic text written in brown ink, in medium thuluth, verses separated by gold, red and blue medallions, centered on a beautiful gilded palmette. Marginal medallion inscribed in gold kufic script and surrounded by blue, indicating the 'Achr (ten verses). Wear, stains, margins cut, edges restored. ADDED a 19th-century maghribi leaf. 27 x 19.5 cm