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HERAT, CIRCA LATE 15TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Herat, circa late 15th Century
Manuscript on paper, 444ff. with 14ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, sura headings in gold on plain panels, gold or blue roundels filled with leaf motifs in margins marking every fifth and tenth verse, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, staining to edges of folios, in plain black morocco binding
Folio 6¾ x 4.7/8in. (17 x 12cm.); text 4¾ x 2¾in. (121 x 7cm.)
Herat, circa late 15th Century
Manuscript on paper, 444ff. with 14ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, sura headings in gold on plain panels, gold or blue roundels filled with leaf motifs in margins marking every fifth and tenth verse, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, staining to edges of folios, in plain black morocco binding
Folio 6¾ x 4.7/8in. (17 x 12cm.); text 4¾ x 2¾in. (121 x 7cm.)