SELJUK IRAN, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN
SELJUK IRAN, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Qur'an, the beginning to LXXVIII sura al-naba v.18, manuscript on buff paper, 281ff. with 15ll. of sepia Eastern kufic, vocalisation in red, gold florets between verses, gold roundels and half-palmettes marking every fifth and tenth verse, sura headings in gold naskh with palmette projecting into the margin or within panels, Persian interlinear translation throughout, opening fatiha bifolium with text in double size and framed by gold and blue illuminated panels, copious marginal notes, rather stained, final section of Qur'an lacking, probably original brown morocco tooled binding with star and cross lattice design, repaired at spine
Folio 12 1/8 x 7 5/8in. (31 x 19.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

This interesting Qur'an section in a contemporary brown morocco binding which may be original. The front board has a tooled design of eight-pointed stars with intersecting crosses, very like the tile panels to be found in numerous dado design in Iran. The section that would have been covered by the flap is of the same piece of leather but is tooled with a different design, suggesting that the flap, which would have gone over the front board, rather than tucking inside it, also had the tile panel design. The back board is of a different design with a central roundel, but has similar minor borders. The binding retains its original clasp.

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