Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, ca. 1250–1300, Made in North Africa, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment, Page: H. 10 1/4 in. (8 9/16 cm), Codices, Qur'ans of the Maghreb or the Islamic west, including North Africa and Spain, diverged at an early date from the stream of developments further east. The preservation of a number of archaic calligraphic features derived from kufic and the use of parchment are typical of the region during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
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Folio, Qur, Manuscript, ca, 1250–1300, North Africa, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, parchment, Page, H, 10 1/4, 8 9/16 cm, Codices, Qur'ans, Maghreb, Islamic west, Spain, diverged, early date, stream, developments further east, preservation, number, archaic calligraphic, features, derived, kufic, typical, region, thirteenth, fourteenth centuries
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