QUR'AN
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QAJAR IRAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN
QAJAR IRAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 269ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script with double black interlinear divisions and Persian translation in magenta nasta'liq script, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in magenta thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, marginal markers in magenta thuluth within gold and polychrome illuminated medallions, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins and headpieces, some marginal notes, catchwords, in 19th century Qajar lacquered cover binding
Text panel 6 x 3¼in. (15.1 x 8.3cm.); folio 8 x 4 7/8in. (20.3 x 12.6cm.)

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