SARWAK, BRUNEI, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Sarwak, Brunei, circa 18th Century
Manuscript on paper, 310ff. with 15ll. of black sini, punctuation in red, sura headings in red and black, text within red rules, marginal notes, light staining and smudging, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, light staining, final bifolio with gold and polychrome text panels above and below, corners lacking, colophon signed Badr al-Din b. Shams al-Millah in Sarwak, one of the ports of Brunei, Rajab (year rubbed), in later brown morocco cover
Folio 11¼ x 8½in. (28.5 x 20cm.); text 9¾ x 6½in. (25 x 17cm.)
Sarwak, Brunei, circa 18th Century
Manuscript on paper, 310ff. with 15ll. of black sini, punctuation in red, sura headings in red and black, text within red rules, marginal notes, light staining and smudging, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, light staining, final bifolio with gold and polychrome text panels above and below, corners lacking, colophon signed Badr al-Din b. Shams al-Millah in Sarwak, one of the ports of Brunei, Rajab (year rubbed), in later brown morocco cover
Folio 11¼ x 8½in. (28.5 x 20cm.); text 9¾ x 6½in. (25 x 17cm.)