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IN A BEAUTIFUL LEATHER POUCH
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(ISLAM.) TIMBUKTU SCHOOL, MALI.
A nearly complete handwritten
copy of the Holy Qur’an from the Infa Yattara Family Library in Timbuktu.
The 212 folio leaves of the manuscript are held loose. 424 pages. 7
3
/
4
x 4
1
/
2
inches, in its
original blind-stamped leather case, peculiar to texts like this one; some leaves chipped.
Comprising 90 surahs, beginning with surah 3 and lacking the last 8 surahs.
SHOULD BE
SEEN
.
Timbuktu (Mali), circa 16th to 17th century
[40,000/60,000]
ISLAM
LOTS 280-283