SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Sultanate India, 15th Century
Manuscript on paper, 658ff. each with 11ll. of black rayhani, first, sixth and last in gold thuluth, gold rosettes between verses, punctuation in gold, gold orange and blue ruled margins, gold, orange and blue marginal medallions, copious marginal notes in Persian and Arabic, sura headings in gold or white thuluth on gold and polychrome panels, light staining and smudging, opening gold and polychrome bifolio, slight damages and restoration, the start of each of the thirty juz with similar decoration (slight smudging and staining), in modern brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 11¾ x 7½in. (30 x 19cm.); text 7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 11cm.)
Sultanate India, 15th Century
Manuscript on paper, 658ff. each with 11ll. of black rayhani, first, sixth and last in gold thuluth, gold rosettes between verses, punctuation in gold, gold orange and blue ruled margins, gold, orange and blue marginal medallions, copious marginal notes in Persian and Arabic, sura headings in gold or white thuluth on gold and polychrome panels, light staining and smudging, opening gold and polychrome bifolio, slight damages and restoration, the start of each of the thirty juz with similar decoration (slight smudging and staining), in modern brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 11¾ x 7½in. (30 x 19cm.); text 7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 11cm.)