A SMALL ILLUMINATED QURAN WRITTEN IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA PROBABLY MOROCCO, DATED 1273

The first manuscript folio written in Kufic script, in black ink on paper, with red ink beginning of surah. Two surahs, surah Ghafir (The forgiver), verses 76-85, and surah Fussilat (explained in deta

18th Century, Constantinople, Black Naskh Script, Illuminated Ottoman Manuscript, Quran the central religious text of Islam with Vellum Paper/Pages, Full Morocco Leather, 301 Pages. 4" W x 6.3" H Writ

An illuminated Qur'an, Persia or North India, 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, the text panel with gold sprinkle, 15 lines to the page written in neat black naskh, ruled in gold and black, ver

First quarter 20th century, 380 x 170 cm, North Africa, Morocco, Middle Atlas Rather than a monochrome surface, the open field of this large Berber carpet presents the sum of various shades of crimson

North Africa, Morocco, Kem Kem Formation, Middle Cretaceous Period, ca. 98 to 93 million years ago. An amazing, fossilized raptor claw, possibly from the Rugops genus of dinosaurs, a rare species that

North Africa, Agadir, Morocco, mid-Cretaceous period, ca. 112 to 97 million years ago. Heteromorph or "uncoiled" ammonites are a type of cephalopod that are much more rare than typical solid coil ammo

Second quarter 20th century, 236 x 137 cm, North Africa, southern Morocco Comparatively fine in weave, this Berber rug is the work of the Ait Ouaouzguite tribe of the High Atlas region. The blue field

QU'RAN [KORAN]. A Persian Qu'ran, c. 19th century. In Arabic, illuminated on paper. 18mo (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.). Brown embossed morocco, the central design (on front and back covers) surrounded by a soli

Jade Traveling Book with Religious Verses, late 18th, 19th Century. Four small plates of whitish jade featuring inscription from the Quran, engraved in fine script and gilt. The cover and last plates

Heading: (Koran) Author: Title: The Koran (Qu'ran) Place Published: No Place Publisher: Date Published: [c.1780] Description: Approximately 290 leaves (approx. 575 pages) o

18th / 19th Century Ottoman Quran. Gilt embellished red leather binding with closure flap. Richly illuminated Ottoman manuscript on vellum paper. Kufic script with vowels highlighted in red. 12 lines

KORANSigned 'Ali al-'Arif al-'Irfani, Istanbul, dated 1278 H/1861Arabic manuscript on paper of 304 sheets. Calligraphic text in refined Ottoman naskh of 15 lines per page. Titles of the suras inscribe

Trans-Caucasus Small Rug, dated 1325 (1907), and inscribed3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft.Provenance: Dr. Douglas M. and Nelda K. Lay, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY INDO PERSIAN KASHMIRI QURAN, signed " Muhammad muhdi and dated 1110, the binding finely painted lacquer work, the Quran with many pages of painted decoration and script, 29cm x 1

C-print and 36 matchboxes in brown wooden frame Morocco/ Great Britain, 2000 Hassan Hajjaj (b. 1961) – Moroccan artist Signed in Arabic and Latin script ‘Hassan Hajjaj’, dated by Islamic and Chr

dated 1324 = 1907, 406 x 167 cm, North West Persia, Azerbaijan This large Shahsavan kilim has a field with a date in each corner and an open red ground abrashed in several shades. It was probably wove

An important historic object, a British 25-pounder shell casing transformed into a presentation award given to general and future Field Marshal ERWIN ROMMEL (1891-1944) by a division of his men in Nor

1935A $1 Silver Certificate North Africa WWII Emergency Currency Grades vf, very fine. FR-2306 Signatures of Julian & Morgenthau. It was the darkest days of World War II, just after Pearl Harbor. Were

HANS-JOACHIM MARSEILLE (1920-1942) 'The Star of Africa', a German ace serving principally in North Africa, Marseille had 158 kills in 482 sorties. Marseille was awarded a Knights Cross with Diamonds,

NATIONAL VELVET, 1944 Elizabeth Taylor's script for the 1944 M.G.M production National Velvet, presentation bound for Elizabeth by Eddie Fisher; the revised script dated 01--14--44, 182pp of mimeograp

North Africa, Anti Atlas Mountains, Ktaoua formation, Ordovician, ca. 488 to 443 million years ago. A rare and concentrated natural stone matrix of starfish and crinoids (sea lilies) that died and fos

North Africa, central Sahara region, ca. 6000 BCE. This is an engraved piece of rock art that has been produced using flints to show the outline of a genderless shaman figure. The style of this piece

Step into the annals of the Wild West with this extraordinary treasure – an original, handwritten letter by the legendary Wild Bill Hickok, penned on June 22, 1874. This meticulously preserved docum

Pair of American Paint-decorated Leather George Washington Memorial Fire Bucket, probably Boston. Dated 1800, black-painted bucket with red edge, the front painted with a scene showing a white urn wit