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Water-marking, damages to folio at start and end)
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Qur'an
manuscript on paper, 362ff. 12ll. of small black naskh between gold clouds, gold roundels between verses, gold meandering vine border and outer border, gold and red margins between black rules, blue outer rule, gold and black marginal medallions, some folios with gold and red marginal meandering flowering vine, sura headings in white on gold-ground floral panels, opening bifolio with illuminated shamsas, following illuminated bifolio, following folio with illuminated heading, final folio with illuminated colophon (illegible), later red morocco binding, cloth envelope (slight water-marking, damages and repairs at start and end) Safavid Persia, 16th century - 6½ x 4in. (16.5 x 10.1cm.)
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manuscript on paper, 362ff. 12ll. of small black naskh between gold clouds, gold roundels between verses, gold meandering vine border and outer border, gold and red margins between black rules, blue outer rule, gold and black marginal medallions, some folios with gold and red marginal meandering flowering vine, sura headings in white on gold-ground floral panels, opening bifolio with illuminated shamsas, following illuminated bifolio, following folio with illuminated heading, final folio with illuminated colophon (illegible), later red morocco binding, cloth envelope (slight water-marking, damages and repairs at start and end) Safavid Persia, 16th century - 6½ x 4in. (16.5 x 10.1cm.)
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