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Qur'an,
Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. black naskh between gold margins, gold roundels between verses, orange, green and gold margins between black rules, red and blue outer rules, divisions of text marked marginally, sura headings in white on illuminated panels, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, six others similar in text, Kashmir or North India, dated AH 1215/180 AD, lacquer binding, (light wear, some smudging and spotting) - 20.3 x 12cm.; another similar, 21ll. black naskh, illuminated opening and two other bifolios, brown leather binding - 23.7 x 15cm.; another similar, 13ll. black naskh, sura headings in blue on gold panels, illuminated opening bifolio, black leather binding with printed insert - 31 x 18cm.; and another, 11ll. black naskh, illuminated opening bifolio, maroon morocco binding, India, 19th century - 24 x 16cm.
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Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. black naskh between gold margins, gold roundels between verses, orange, green and gold margins between black rules, red and blue outer rules, divisions of text marked marginally, sura headings in white on illuminated panels, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, six others similar in text, Kashmir or North India, dated AH 1215/180 AD, lacquer binding, (light wear, some smudging and spotting) - 20.3 x 12cm.; another similar, 21ll. black naskh, illuminated opening and two other bifolios, brown leather binding - 23.7 x 15cm.; another similar, 13ll. black naskh, sura headings in blue on gold panels, illuminated opening bifolio, black leather binding with printed insert - 31 x 18cm.; and another, 11ll. black naskh, illuminated opening bifolio, maroon morocco binding, India, 19th century - 24 x 16cm.
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