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Tuesday, February 9, 2010


PhotoGallery / The Arts of Islam - Treasures From the Nasser D Khalili Collection at AGNSW

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Single folios from an oblong-format Qur'an surah al-Baqarah (II, 'The cow'), verses 120-27, and surah Al-'Imran (III, 'The Family of Imran), verses 55-64, North Africa or Spain, 10th century AD, gold on vellum stained royal blue, 15 lines Kufic, 28.3 x 37.7 cm.

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