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