A FINELY ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QUR'AN
Qur'an
SHIRAZ, CIRCA MID 16TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Shiraz, circa mid 16th Century
Manuscript on buff polished paper, 354ff. each with 13ll., the first and last in black thuluth on gold and polychrome floral panels, the seventh in gold thuluth on pale blue and polychrome floral panels, remainder in black naskh, blue, pink and gold margins, blue outer rule, punctuation in red, blue-outlined gold roundels between verses, sura headings in white or black thuluth on gold ogival shaped cartouches within blue panels, blue-outlined gold cartouches in spandrels, a fine blue and gold lobed cartouche marking every fifth verse, a gold and polychrome floral eight-pointed star marking every tenth verse, very light staining, smudging and worming, opening finely illuminated blue and gold double shamsa bifolio, similar fine fatihah bifolio, very slight damages, generally excellent condition, opening bifolio with illuminated heading and text within gold and polychrome floral clouds, three finely illuminated closing bifolios (falnameh) , slight flaking and restoration to edges of pages, in later black morocco binding with flap
Folio 15 x 9½in. (38 x 24cm.); text 8¼ x 5in. (21 x 12.7cm.)
Shiraz, circa mid 16th Century
Manuscript on buff polished paper, 354ff. each with 13ll., the first and last in black thuluth on gold and polychrome floral panels, the seventh in gold thuluth on pale blue and polychrome floral panels, remainder in black naskh, blue, pink and gold margins, blue outer rule, punctuation in red, blue-outlined gold roundels between verses, sura headings in white or black thuluth on gold ogival shaped cartouches within blue panels, blue-outlined gold cartouches in spandrels, a fine blue and gold lobed cartouche marking every fifth verse, a gold and polychrome floral eight-pointed star marking every tenth verse, very light staining, smudging and worming, opening finely illuminated blue and gold double shamsa bifolio, similar fine fatihah bifolio, very slight damages, generally excellent condition, opening bifolio with illuminated heading and text within gold and polychrome floral clouds, three finely illuminated closing bifolios (falnameh) , slight flaking and restoration to edges of pages, in later black morocco binding with flap
Folio 15 x 9½in. (38 x 24cm.); text 8¼ x 5in. (21 x 12.7cm.)