A PINK QURAN LEAF, ANDALUSIA, 13TH CENTURYQuran LXV sura Al-Talaq v.4 (part) and v.5 (part) Arabic manuscript with 5II of bold Andalusian Maghrib script, gold diacritics outlined in blacks, shadda and sukkun in blue, hamza marked by yellow and green dots, gold and black verse roundels.The attribution of these striking pink folios to Spain is based primarily on the use of paper. In the Maghreb, parchment remained in frequent use for the writing of Qur'ans into the 19th century. Spain, however, had been manufacturing and using high quality paper for manuscripts of all kinds for some time. Manuscripts like this one, on pink dyed paper are believed to have been produced in Jativa, near Valencia, the site of the earliest documented paper mill in Spain (Marcus Fraser and William Kwiatkowski, Ink and Gold: Islamic Calligraphy, Berlin and London, 2006, p.64).Length: 33cmWidth: 25cm