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Lot 716
BIFOLIUM FROM A QUR'AN
Estimated Value:
300 € - 500 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Ethiopia, ca. 14th c.Offenes Format 29,5 x 20,5 cm
Four pages of parchment, assembled from a book in four volumes. Open format 29.5 x 20.5 cm. All pages written in two columns (one column 5 x 13.5 cm), in black ink, some characters in red. A Semitic language called Ge'ez, an extinct language before the Amharic language.
South German private collection, acquired 1992 - The vellum is strong, pages one and two are browned at the lower left corner
