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LOT 1305
Quran Manuscript Two-Page Spread
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/2 x 17 in. (11 grams, 34.5 x 43 cm).
Loose paper pages with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative side-panel with perpendicular text; torn at the central fold, edges chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of M.
Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
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The text is a Chinese version of the Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25.
