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ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, EACH FOLIO WITH 19LL. OF SMALL BLACK BIHARI, THE WORD 'ALLAH' AND OCCASIONAL OTHER PHRASES IN BLACK-OUTLINED GOLD, WITH GOLD ROUNDELS BETWEEN VERSES, GOLD MARGIN BETWEEN BLACK RULES, RED AND BLUE OUTER RULE, MARGINAL NOTES WRITTEN DIAGONALLY IN RED, BLUE AND BLACK, ORANGE, BLUE, RED, BLACK, WHITE AND GREEN ILLUMINATED MARGINAL ROUNDELS AND DROP-SHAPED DEVICES MARKING THE DIVISIONS OF TEXT, SURA HEADINGS WRITTEN IN IN GOLD IN ILLUMINATED PANELS OR IN RED BELOW THE PANEL, ILLUMINATED OPENING, MIDDLE AND FINAL BIFOLIO, EACH OF SLIGHTLY DIFFERING DESIGN, SLIGHTLY LATER BROWN MOROCCO BINDING WITH STAMPED FLORAL MEDALLION, PENDANTS AND SPANDRELS, DARK RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES WITH GOLD PAINTED KNOT-MEDALLION, (INCOMPLETE, ONE BOARD LACKING, DAMAGES TO EDGES OF OPENING BIFOLIO AND OTHERS, SOME SMUDGING, STAINING AND SMALL REPAIRS, BINDING WORN), SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH CENTURY - 21 X 13CM.
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