TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1420
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Qur'an juz
Timurid Herat, circa 1420
Suras vii to ix, manuscript on buff paper, 29ff. with 11ll. of black shikasteh, punctuation in red, gold rosettes between verses, every fifth and tenth verse marked in gold eastern kufic within gold and polychrome roundels outlined with blue in margins, sura headings in eastern kufic on polychrome floral panels heightened with gold and silver, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, text outlined with gold and blue rules, light water staining, in later maroon morocco binding and flap with gold stamped decoration
Folio 12.3/8 x 11in. (31.5 x 27.5cm.); text 10½ x 8½in. (27 x 21cm.)
Timurid Herat, circa 1420
Suras vii to ix, manuscript on buff paper, 29ff. with 11ll. of black shikasteh, punctuation in red, gold rosettes between verses, every fifth and tenth verse marked in gold eastern kufic within gold and polychrome roundels outlined with blue in margins, sura headings in eastern kufic on polychrome floral panels heightened with gold and silver, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, text outlined with gold and blue rules, light water staining, in later maroon morocco binding and flap with gold stamped decoration
Folio 12.3/8 x 11in. (31.5 x 27.5cm.); text 10½ x 8½in. (27 x 21cm.)