Qur'an

19th century

11 cm 11 cm

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This square-format manuscript, Walters W.853.2, is volume 2, containing chapters 19-114 (Surat Maryam through Surat al-nas), of an illuminated two-volume Qur'an produced in Sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The text is written in Sudani script in dark b...

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Present in England, before 1974 [1]. Henry Brownrigg, London, 1980s [2]; purchased by Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, 1980s [3]; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 2000.[1] According to Sam Fogg[2] Dealer who sold at Portobello Road Market in London[3] Sam Fogg, ""Islamic Manuscripts"", 2000, no. 22, pp. 56-57
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