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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 328ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh written in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh on gold ground cartouches with polychrome and gold floral illumination at either end, text panels within gold rules, marginal medallions marking various points in text, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination surrounding text, in contemporary gold and polychrome floral lacquer binding, in later silk lined cotton and metal thread pouch
Text panel 6 x 3¼in. (15.2 x 8.2cm.); folio 8 x 5in. (20.3 x 12.8cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 328ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh written in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh on gold ground cartouches with polychrome and gold floral illumination at either end, text panels within gold rules, marginal medallions marking various points in text, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination surrounding text, in contemporary gold and polychrome floral lacquer binding, in later silk lined cotton and metal thread pouch
Text panel 6 x 3¼in. (15.2 x 8.2cm.); folio 8 x 5in. (20.3 x 12.8cm.)
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