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Highly Illuminated Islamic Arabic Manuscript. Rare

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
Highly Illuminated Islamic Arabic Manuscript. Rare
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Highly Illuminated Islamic Arabic Manuscript. Rare Koranic Scroll,Nineteen Cent. Highly Illuminated Arabic Manuscript. Rare Koranic Scroll. Extensive selections of Surahs (Chapters) of the Koran, in a scroll, a little over 6 feet long and slightly over 6 inches wide. The scroll opens with a beautiful illuminated design in various colors. The scroll itself is written in ghubar (dust-like) script on beige paper. Highly illuminated in gold and colors in elaborate designs throughout the scroll. All headings are written in thulth script, in black, gold, brown, blue, or gray colors; there are twelve such headings.This is a nicely designed scroll where the script is written in different shapes. Undated, but most likely it was written in the nineteenth century. Unusual Koran. In excellent condition.There is seal with name and date at the end of the scroll. It is very hard to read the seal, but it is probably the name of the calligrapher or the owner of the scroll. I tried to read the Arabic date and I have come with following: [1]318, as the Islamic date, corresponding to 1898 AD. Usually, such large scrolls are used as amulets to protect one’s house, shop, factory, treasures, valuable jewelry or the like.