73 A large Kufic page, Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, with 15ll. of of black Kufic script, one ‘ashr marker in the shape of a polychrome rosette formed by interlocking bands in red and green, with red and roundel vocalization, folio 24.5 x 32cm £4,000-6,000*
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74 A Maghribi Qur’an folio, North Africa or Spain, c.13th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 9ll. of bold sepia maghribi script, three verse markers in the form of tied knots in gold with blue and red polychrome, one gold illuminated marginal medallion, diacritics in sepia, vocalisation in red and blue, reading marks in green and yellow, mounted, 24 x 23.7cm £500-700*