"RASULID QUR’AN SECTION PROBABLY YEMEN 14TH CENTURY" Qur’an...

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"RASULID QUR’AN SECTION
PROBABLY YEMEN
14TH CENTURY"

Qur’an XIV. Sura al- Abraham complete
Qur’an XV. Sura al- Hijr complete
Qur’an XVI. Sura al- Nahl complete

Arabic manuscript on paper, 18 leaves, 11ll. of black naskh script, between verses golden lobbed roundels flower style, punctuation in red, gold and polychrome elegant marginal medallions, rectangular form surah headings with bigger gold thuluth script, set in clouds, within gold lines, opening bifolio framed with gold and blue lines and surrounded with blue finials, marginal words in red, opening page and last page affixed to the binding, brown leather binding with tooled gold border and gold central tiny flower