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At the beginning and end of this text are prayers to be read before and after reading the Qur'an.
CHINA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
China, 17th/18th Century
Manuscript on paper, xxxff. with 15ll. of black naskh, sura headings in red, text outlined in red, beginning of each juz marked with red, green and gold and marginal roundel, other text divisions marked with floral motifs, lettering in gold, fine opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination with flowers and pagodas framing prayers, followed by shamsa bifolio and illuminated fatihah bifolio in gold and polychrome, simillar illuminated bifolio at end of Qur'an, in original brown morocco binding with central stamped calligraphic roundel, restoration to edges of pages, light staining
Folio 7¾ x 5¼in. (19 x 13.5cm.)
China, 17th/18th Century
Manuscript on paper, xxxff. with 15ll. of black naskh, sura headings in red, text outlined in red, beginning of each juz marked with red, green and gold and marginal roundel, other text divisions marked with floral motifs, lettering in gold, fine opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination with flowers and pagodas framing prayers, followed by shamsa bifolio and illuminated fatihah bifolio in gold and polychrome, simillar illuminated bifolio at end of Qur'an, in original brown morocco binding with central stamped calligraphic roundel, restoration to edges of pages, light staining
Folio 7¾ x 5¼in. (19 x 13.5cm.)
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There are 274 folios in this Qur'an