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SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1085 AND AH 1104/1674-5 AD AND 1692-3 AD
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TWO SIGNED QUR'ANS
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1085 AND AH 1104/1674-5 AD AND 1692-3 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, the first with 177ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh script on gold-speckled paper, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red thuluth script within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening folio with illuminated headings and margins, colophon signed Ibn Nur al-Din Sultan Muhammad and dated AH 1085, in modern brown morocco, the second with 278ff. plus 10 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, sura headings in red thuluth script within cartouches, text within black-ruled gold frame, opening and final bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated headings and margins, catchwords, marginal markers and notes, colophon signed Murtada Qalb Aslan and dated Thursday 29 Muharram AH 1104, in gilt brown morocco binding
Folio 5¼ x 2¾in. (13.3 x 7.3cm.) illustrated; 5 1/8 x 3in. (13 x 7.7cm.) (2)
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1085 AND AH 1104/1674-5 AD AND 1692-3 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, the first with 177ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh script on gold-speckled paper, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red thuluth script within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening folio with illuminated headings and margins, colophon signed Ibn Nur al-Din Sultan Muhammad and dated AH 1085, in modern brown morocco, the second with 278ff. plus 10 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, sura headings in red thuluth script within cartouches, text within black-ruled gold frame, opening and final bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated headings and margins, catchwords, marginal markers and notes, colophon signed Murtada Qalb Aslan and dated Thursday 29 Muharram AH 1104, in gilt brown morocco binding
Folio 5¼ x 2¾in. (13.3 x 7.3cm.) illustrated; 5 1/8 x 3in. (13 x 7.7cm.) (2)