TWO KAIROUAN WESTERN KUFIC SCRIPT QURAN FOLIOS, KAIROUAN, 9TH CENTURY TWO KAIROUAN WESTERN KUFIC SCRIPT QURAN FOLIOS, KAIROUAN, 9TH CENTURY

TWO KAIROUAN WESTERN KUFIC SCRIPT QURAN FOLIOS, KAIROUAN, 9TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001492

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 leaves with 9 lines of fine sepia Western Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red. Recto with Quran 79 Surah An-Nazi’at, ‘Those Who Pull Out’, in reference to the angels who tear out the souls of the wicked from v.30-v.41. Quran 84 surah Al-Inshiqaq, ‘The Sundering’, from v.6-v.16. Verso with the rest of surah Al-Inshiqaq. Quran 79 surah An-Nazi’at from v.17-v.29. Framed and glazed. Each folio: 15 by 21 cm.