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POSSIBLY HERAT, TIMURID IRAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY
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POSSIBLY HERAT, TIMURID IRAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 284ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in black-ruled gold thuluth within cloud bands on red hatched ground within cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, section markers in black-outlined gold thuluth, catchwords, with gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, in modern red morocco binding
Text panel 7 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (18.2 x 11cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 6¾in. (25.5 x 17cm.)
POSSIBLY HERAT, TIMURID IRAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 284ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in black-ruled gold thuluth within cloud bands on red hatched ground within cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, section markers in black-outlined gold thuluth, catchwords, with gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, in modern red morocco binding
Text panel 7 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (18.2 x 11cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 6¾in. (25.5 x 17cm.)
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Please note that there are five folios missing in this manuscript, affecting sura II, III and IV and that four folios are later replacements.
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