QUR'ANIC SECTION CONTAINING 64 SURAHs, FROM SURAH QAF (50) T - Lot 76

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QUR'ANIC SECTION CONTAINING 64 SURAHs, FROM SURAH QAF (50) T - Lot 76
QUR'ANIC SECTION CONTAINING 64 SURAHs, FROM SURAH QAF (50) TO THE END, NORTH AFRICA, 19th CENTURY. Arabic manuscript on vellum, consisting of 115 folios and 3 flyleaves, with 6 folios added in the center to complete the text, each page written in 10 lines of Maghribī script in black ink within a layout framed by triple blue and red borders, surah titles in gold Maghribī Thuluth, and vowels and orthoepic signs highlighted in red, blue, green, and yellow. The section extends from Sura Qāf (50) to Sura al-Nās (114). The text begins on the verso of the first folio with the basmala and the taṣliya, followed by the title of Sura Qāf inscribed within an illuminated banner decorated with gilded foliage on a garnet, blue, and green background, a central blue cartouche bearing the title of the surah in gold letters and the designation “makkiyya,” a circular marginal vignette, and a garnet protective serpentine border. Polychrome marginal medallions indicating the hizb in gold letters; quarters and eighths marked in blue ink. Original binding with cardboard covers and flaps covered in garnet leather stamped in gold, green leather lining lined with paper, spine in dark red leather, decorated with a central florated mandorla, four axial fleurons, and ornate spandrels; frame consisting of gilded fillets; flap adorned with gilded fillets and spandrels; spine decorated with a gilded braid motif. Foliate dimensions: 20.8 × 16 cm; writing area dimensions: 15 × 10.5 cm. Condition: The margins of the first five folios are more damaged; otherwise, in good condition. A later hand added the Fatiha in pencil at the end of the text. The spine of the binding has been reinforced with a piece of leather. The covers and flap are slightly worn and show a few tears.
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