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Qur'an
Deccan, probably Hyderabad, 5 Safar AH 1123/25 March 1711 AD
Manuscript on paper, 271ff. each with 14ll. of black naskh on gold clouds, punctuation in red, gold roundels between verses, divisions of text marked by words in the margin in blue and gold, sura headings in white thuluth on gold and polychrome rectangular panels (occasional damages), opening shamsa and fatihah
bifolios in fine gold and polychrome illumination, following bifolio with gold illumination (slight damages), penultimate folio signed 'Ibn Muhammad Badi'... al-Husayn al-Mashhadi', and dated 5 Safar 1123, in green morocco binding with flap (scuffed and damaged)
folio 13¼ x 10in. (33.5 x 25cm.); text 7 x 4¼in. (18 x 11cm.)
Deccan, probably Hyderabad, 5 Safar AH 1123/25 March 1711 AD
Manuscript on paper, 271ff. each with 14ll. of black naskh on gold clouds, punctuation in red, gold roundels between verses, divisions of text marked by words in the margin in blue and gold, sura headings in white thuluth on gold and polychrome rectangular panels (occasional damages), opening shamsa and fatihah
bifolios in fine gold and polychrome illumination, following bifolio with gold illumination (slight damages), penultimate folio signed 'Ibn Muhammad Badi'... al-Husayn al-Mashhadi', and dated 5 Safar 1123, in green morocco binding with flap (scuffed and damaged)
folio 13¼ x 10in. (33.5 x 25cm.); text 7 x 4¼in. (18 x 11cm.)