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CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
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LARGE QUR'AN
CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 632ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of bold black bihari, the first, sixth and eleventh lines in red, key words highlighted in gold, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers and large marginal roundels and juz' markers, text panels outlined in gold, red and blue, copious marginal commentary, sura headings in gold bihari in white clouds on red hatched ground bordered by gold strapwork, the opening bifolium of each juz' with text in white clouds on red hatched ground set in wide gold, red and blue margins with gold and polychrome floral decorative bands above and below, opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated margins of interlocking palmettes and scrolling vines, text on red hatched ground, following bifolium with similar illuminated margins, text in white clouds on red hatched ground with cobalt-blue and maroon highlights, colophon with similar decoration, bound in two volumes in later red morocco
Text panel 9¼ x 6in. (23.5 x 15.5cm.); folio 16½ x 10¾in. (42 x 27.3cm.) (2)
CENTRAL INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 632ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of bold black bihari, the first, sixth and eleventh lines in red, key words highlighted in gold, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers and large marginal roundels and juz' markers, text panels outlined in gold, red and blue, copious marginal commentary, sura headings in gold bihari in white clouds on red hatched ground bordered by gold strapwork, the opening bifolium of each juz' with text in white clouds on red hatched ground set in wide gold, red and blue margins with gold and polychrome floral decorative bands above and below, opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated margins of interlocking palmettes and scrolling vines, text on red hatched ground, following bifolium with similar illuminated margins, text in white clouds on red hatched ground with cobalt-blue and maroon highlights, colophon with similar decoration, bound in two volumes in later red morocco
Text panel 9¼ x 6in. (23.5 x 15.5cm.); folio 16½ x 10¾in. (42 x 27.3cm.) (2)
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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