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KOTA BATU, BRUNEI, AH 1167/1753 AD
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LARGE QUR'AN
Kota Batu, Brunei, AH 1167/1753 AD
Manuscript on cream paper, 531ff. with 10ll. of strong black naskh, red and green rosettes between verses, opening bifolio with text within red and green lightly hatched clouds with arabesques in reserve, surrounded by borders of red, green and yellow arabesque interlace issuing palmettes into the margins, a variety of openwork marginal medallions marking every fifth and tenth verse, sura headings in naskh within red, green and yellow panels, similar panels containing juz divisions in margins, final folio with colophon contained within a roundel recording the completion of the manuscript in 1167 in Kota Batu in the Kingdom of Brunei by the scribe Murad al-'Ubkhi (?), final leaf with drawing of Mecca in gouache, signed by Al-Rassam Abdallah ibn ... Muhammad al-Barnawi in Ramadan 1167, areas of staining and old restorations, original tan morocco binding with flap with tooled medallions and spandrels, repaired at spine
Folio 16½ x 12¾in. (41.8 x 31.5cm.)
Kota Batu, Brunei, AH 1167/1753 AD
Manuscript on cream paper, 531ff. with 10ll. of strong black naskh, red and green rosettes between verses, opening bifolio with text within red and green lightly hatched clouds with arabesques in reserve, surrounded by borders of red, green and yellow arabesque interlace issuing palmettes into the margins, a variety of openwork marginal medallions marking every fifth and tenth verse, sura headings in naskh within red, green and yellow panels, similar panels containing juz divisions in margins, final folio with colophon contained within a roundel recording the completion of the manuscript in 1167 in Kota Batu in the Kingdom of Brunei by the scribe Murad al-'Ubkhi (?), final leaf with drawing of Mecca in gouache, signed by Al-Rassam Abdallah ibn ... Muhammad al-Barnawi in Ramadan 1167, areas of staining and old restorations, original tan morocco binding with flap with tooled medallions and spandrels, repaired at spine
Folio 16½ x 12¾in. (41.8 x 31.5cm.)
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