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LOT 1339
Single Quran Manuscript Page
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 in. (6 grams, 34 cm).
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative inset panel with red-ink text, marginal arabesque painted motif; one long edge reinforced, edges chipped. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of M.Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
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