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KASHMIR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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QUR'AN
KASHMIR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 566ff. plus 11 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black nasta'liq script divided by black-ruled gold lines, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in white naskh script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, marginal section markers in red naskh script within illuminated medallions, sura and juz' markers in the top corners, opening and final bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated margins and text on gold ground, folio 2 with illuminated headpiece, in lacquer covered binding with flap, in fitted case
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 1/8in. (15.5 x 8.3cm.); folio 8¾ x 5¼in. (22.3 x 13.7cm.)
KASHMIR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 566ff. plus 11 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black nasta'liq script divided by black-ruled gold lines, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in white naskh script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, marginal section markers in red naskh script within illuminated medallions, sura and juz' markers in the top corners, opening and final bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated margins and text on gold ground, folio 2 with illuminated headpiece, in lacquer covered binding with flap, in fitted case
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 1/8in. (15.5 x 8.3cm.); folio 8¾ x 5¼in. (22.3 x 13.7cm.)