A QUR'AN FOLIO
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an LV (sura al-rahman), vv.71-78, Qur'an LVI (sura al-waqiah), vv.1-4, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, each side with 9ll. of black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal medallions marking various points in the text, one sura heading in gold thuluth on a ground of scrolling vine surrounded by small cintamani motifs within a cartouche set in a panel with spandrels of gold, blue and red illumianted spandrels, mounted
Text panel 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 22.1cm.); folio 18¾ x 12¾in. (47.7 x 32.6cm.)
A QUR'AN FOLIO
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an LV (sura al-rahman), vv.71-78, Qur'an LVI (sura al-waqiah), vv.1-4, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, each side with 9ll. of black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal medallions marking various points in the text, one sura heading in gold thuluth on a ground of scrolling vine surrounded by small cintamani motifs within a cartouche set in a panel with spandrels of gold, blue and red illumianted spandrels, mounted
Text panel 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 22.1cm.); folio 18¾ x 12¾in. (47.7 x 32.6cm.)
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