A QURAN ROLL MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED MUHAMMAD BEN SOLIMAN AL-DIMASHKIAl AL-SHAFI'I, 1948

Reference: ART3001577

An Arabic calligraphy in tiny cursive in red and black ink, forming a prayer preceded by a ‘Bismillah’ and attested sentences. The large letters in Kufic are formed from the Quran in mircrography. Dated 21 Rabi ‘al-Thani in the year 1368 AH/1948 AD. In a leather case engraved with Kufic script. 300 by 17 cm.