Arts of the Islamic World
Catalog Information: 196 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: QUR'AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 10TH CENTURY
measurements note19.5 by 27cm.text: surat al-ahzab (xxxiii) vv.4-53 lines per page written in dark brown ink on vellum, vocalisation of red, green, orange and brown dots, letter pointing of diagonal brown hatching, single verses marked by a pyramidal [...more]
Lot 2: QUR'AN BIFOLIUM IN MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT ON PAPER, PROBABLY ANATOLIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, CIRCA 1300-1350
measurements note28.7 by 37.2cm.text: surat takweer (lxxxi) vv.17-263 lines per page in strong muhaqqaq script in black ink on cream paper, interlinear Persian translation written diagonally in small black naskhi script, single verse divisions marked [...more]
Lot 3: QUR'AN LEAF IN BOLD MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON PINK PAPER, SOUTHERN SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
measurements note33 by 24.5cm.text: surat al-talaq (lxv) vv.2-45 lines of fine large maghribi script in brown ink on pink paper, letter-pointing in gold, vocalisation of gold, blue, brown and yellow dots, single verse divisions marked with large illu [...more]
Lot 4: QUR'AN SECTION, ILLUMINATED ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM IN BOLD MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, PROBABLY GRANADA, SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
measurements note23 by 20.5cm.text surat al shu'ara (xxvi) vv.139-145,181-190, 220-227 and surat al-naml (xxvii) vv.16-17, 35-40, 49-6614 leaves, 5 lines to the page in bold brown maghribi script with vowel points and diacritics in red, green and bro [...more]
Lot 5: MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR'AN, ILLUMINATED ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, SIGNED 'ALI AL-'ABADI, MUGHAL, INDIA, DATED A.H. 962/A.D. 1555
measurements note4.4 by 4.6cm.379 leaves, 14 lines per page in black ink in ghubari script, single verse divisions marked with minute gold roundels, sura headings written in red thuluth, margins ruled in gold and blue, opening double page of illumina [...more]
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