Arts of the Islamic World
Catalog Information: 226 lots with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: QUR'AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY
text: sura al-haqqah (lxix) vv.17-217 lines per page written in brown ink on vellum, vocalisation of red and green dots, verse markers of six gold dots in a pyramidal shape, tenth verse marked by a rosette in colours and gold, ink on verso rubbed
Lot 2: QUR'AN LEAF IN BOLD MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON PINK PAPER, SOUTHERN SPAIN, 13TH CENTURY
text: surat al-taghabun (lxiv), vv.11-145 lines per page written in fine large maghribi script in brown ink on pink paper, letter-pointing and vocalisation in gold, tashdid and sukun in blue, hamzat al-wasl marked with brown dots, hamzat al-qat' mark [...more]
Lot 3: f - LARGE EARLY QUR'AN LEAF IN MA'IL SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NEAR EAST, LATE 8TH - EARLY 9TH CENTURY
text: surat hud (xi) vv.85-9525 lines per page written in ma'il script in brown ink on vellum, letter pointing in the form of thin brown dashes, some vocalisation in the form of brown dots, verse markers of four short brown lines, a square cartouche [...more]
Lot 4: QUR'AN LEAF IN GOLD KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, A NEAR-CONTEMPORARY WAQF INSCRIPTION ON THE VERSO
QUR'AN LEAF IN GOLD KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, A NEAR-CONTEMPORARY WAQF INSCRIPTION ON THE VERSO ATTRIBUTING THE LEAF TO THE MOSQUE AT QAIRAWAN, NORTH AFRICA, 9TH-10TH CENTURY text: surat al-nas (cxiv) vv.1 to end 6 lines to the page written in elongate [...more]
Lot 5: QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM, COPIED BY IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD IBN WATHIQ AL-ISHBILI
QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM, COPIED BY IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD IBN WATHIQ AL-ISHBILI IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, PROBABLY A.H. 602/A.D. 1205text: surat al-anfal (viii) vv.41 to end; surat al-tauba (or al-bara'at) (ix) vv.1-25; 47, and 9273 leave [...more]
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