| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 7, lot 5, (related examples of kufic Qur'ans [Is 1406, Is 1407, Is 1411, Is 1416]); p. 11, lot 11 (Is 1609); p. 30, lot 37 (folio from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'Miyasa, the daughter of Amir Jabir al-Kindi, in conversation with Miqdad bin Aswad, in a tent, with her ladies looking on'. 'The present leaf, faintly numbered 43 in red in the margin, would have been located between folios 134 and 145 of the Chester Beatty volume' [T 419]; p. 31, lot 39 (Majma' al-Tavarikh, c.1425 [Per 105]; p. 35, lot 49 (example of work attributed to Muhammad Qasim [Per 268]). |
