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EIGHT EARLY QUR'AN FOLIOS
SELJUK IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an XV, sura al-hijr, v.66 to Qur'an XVI, sura al-nahl, v.10 (part), Qur'an XXXII, sura al-sajda, to Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-ahzab, v.13, Qur'an XXVIII, sura al-qasas, v.55 to Qur'an XXIX, sura al-'ankabut, v.11 and Qur'an VII, sura al-a'raf, vv. 137-52 and Qur'an VIII, sura al-anfal, v.66 to Qur'an IX, sura al-tawba, v.7 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15ll. of black muhaqqaq script with Persian interlinear translation in black naskh script, with gold, black and red rosette verse markers, sura headings in gold kufic or loose naskh script outliend in black and within double-red cartouches, some on gold ground, with polychrome highlights, the cartouche issuing a marginal palmette, with marginal medallion markers in gold and of polychrome, most folios loose, old repairs
Folio 18¾ x 12 7/8in. (47.8 x 32.4cm.) (8)

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