Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 10, lot 3 (early Qur'an leaf in hijazi script on vellum, second half of 7th century AD); p. 12, lot 4 (Qur'an leaf in kufic on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th century AD [Is 1422]; p. 18, lot 12 (Qur'an in eastern kufic, Persia, Abbasid, circa 1000 AD, comparable to a CB folio in James, 1980, p. 31, no. 17 ['Ms Additional']; p. 32, lot 29 (same scribe as in Per 249); p. 33, lot 30 (Ar 3104, Ar 4203, Ar 4231, Ar 4680, Ar 4752, Ar 4936); p. 41, lot 43 (Ar 3633); p. 45, lot 46 (Ar 4420). |