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Qur'an
Safavid Persia, early 16th century
manuscript on buff paper, 301ff. plus one flyleaf, each with 15ll. of very neat black naskh, punctuation in red, gold dots between verses, gold and green margins between black rules, blue outer rule, marginal notes in red, sura headings in whilte on gold panels within blue rules, (slight staining and smudging, very occasional splits along margins), opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome (splits along margins), contemporary dark brown morocco binding with gold stamped medallion and spandrels and all-over arabesque design (damaged and repaired), gold painted brown morocco and blue decoupé doublures (some wear)
folio 4½ x 3in. (11.6 x 7.5cm.)
text 2¾ x 1½in. (7.2 x 4.2cm.)
Safavid Persia, early 16th century
manuscript on buff paper, 301ff. plus one flyleaf, each with 15ll. of very neat black naskh, punctuation in red, gold dots between verses, gold and green margins between black rules, blue outer rule, marginal notes in red, sura headings in whilte on gold panels within blue rules, (slight staining and smudging, very occasional splits along margins), opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome (splits along margins), contemporary dark brown morocco binding with gold stamped medallion and spandrels and all-over arabesque design (damaged and repaired), gold painted brown morocco and blue decoupé doublures (some wear)
folio 4½ x 3in. (11.6 x 7.5cm.)
text 2¾ x 1½in. (7.2 x 4.2cm.)