Details
LARGE QUR'AN,
ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 11LL. OF NASKH, THE FIRST, MIDDLE AND LAST IN LARGE SCRIPT ON RED CROSS-HATCHED GROUND, THE REMAINDER IN TWO NARROWER PANELS, GOLD ROSETTES BETWEEN VERSES, GOLD DIVISIONS AND MARGINS, RED AND BLUE OUTER RULES,ILLUMINATED ROUND AND DROP-SHAPED MARGINAL MEDALLIONS, SURA HEADINGS IN BLACK-OUTLINED GOLD ON RED CROSS-HATCHED PANELS, OPENING BIFOLIO WITH PANELS OF LATER ILLUMINATION, BIFOLIO IN MIDDLE OF TEXT WITH (CONTEMPORARY) ILLUMINATED BANDS AROUND THE TEXT, LATER RED MOROCCO BINDING, (TRIMMED, SOME FOLIOS REPLACED, SMALL DAMAGES AND REPAIRS, BINDING SPLIT AT SPINE), SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH/16TH CENTURY - 37.5 X 24CM.
SEE ILLUSTRATION

More from ORIENTAL AND ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART

View All
View All