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SULTANATE INDIA, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
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SMALL QUR'AN
Sultanate India, circa 15th Century
Manuscript on cream paper, 489ff. with 15ll. of black bihari, the word Allah in gold, gold dots between verses, text outlined with gold, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, probably associated, sura headings gold panels with orange and blue floral decoration, blue and gold marginal medallions marking juz divisions, illuminated bifolio marking each quarter of the Qur'an, old repairs and some staining, original brown morocco binding with gold lacquer overlay
Folio 3½ x 2½in. (8.9 x 6.4cm.); text 2 3/8 x 1 3/8in. (6 x 3.4cm.)
Sultanate India, circa 15th Century
Manuscript on cream paper, 489ff. with 15ll. of black bihari, the word Allah in gold, gold dots between verses, text outlined with gold, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, probably associated, sura headings gold panels with orange and blue floral decoration, blue and gold marginal medallions marking juz divisions, illuminated bifolio marking each quarter of the Qur'an, old repairs and some staining, original brown morocco binding with gold lacquer overlay
Folio 3½ x 2½in. (8.9 x 6.4cm.); text 2 3/8 x 1 3/8in. (6 x 3.4cm.)
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