68 A Qur’an leaf in Kufic Script on Vellum, North Africa or Spain, 10th century AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 6 lines to the page, written in Kufic script in brown ink, fifth verses marked with a stylised letter ‘ha’ in gold, tenth verses marked with a large gold roundel pointed with blue and red dots, text: surah al-sha’ra’ (XXVI), verse 69 to 86, 18.5 by 28.5cm £5,000-7,000*
69 A Kufic Qur’an folio, Near East or North Africa, 9th/10th century, Qur’an II, sura al-baqara, Arabic manuscript on vellum, double-sided, with 6ll. of sepia Kufic, red, yellow and green dots marking vocalisation, folio 19 x 26.5cm approx. £2,000-3,000*