Monday 24 April 2017
A qur'an, Ethiopia, 19th century, 175ff. sura 18 (al Kahfl the cave) to Surah 104 (
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Lot 32
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A qur'an, Ethiopia, 19th century, 175ff. sura 18 (al Kahfl the cave) to Surah 104 (al-Nasf the people), Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ll. of fine sudani script in black and red ink, text ruled in red double frame, frontispiece highlighted ny large surrounding semi-circular decorations, diacriticals and vocalisation in red and black, verse endings in the form of three small red dots, dark brown leather binding with stamped and tootled central decorations, folio 22.5 x 18cm.
Typical of Ethiopian leather work and of high quality not normally seen elsewhere in the sub-Saharan Africa is the exceptionally fine leather binding (see R. Pankhurst, "The manuscript bindings of Harar: A preliminary examination", Azania 22 (1987), pp. 47-54.
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