Lot Essay
In the colophon, the scribe states that he wrote this Qur'an juz' in the style of ('ala tariqa) Ahmad Qarahisari, the student of Asadullah Kirmani.
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SIGNED MUHAMMAD GHIYATH AL-DIN AL-GAYLANI AL-DIMASHQI, SYRIA, 20TH CENTURY
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A DÉCOUPÉ QUR'AN SECTION (JUZ')
SIGNED MUHAMMAD GHIYATH AL-DIN AL-GAYLANI AL-DIMASHQI, SYRIA, 20TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an LVII, sura al-mulk, to Qur'an LXXVII, sura al-mursalat, 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of coloured découpé muhaqqaq script, numerous words overlapping on gold ground, with geometric rosette verse markers, text with plain interlinear divisions and within pink and orange frame formed by interlocking bands, with geometric interlocking marginal medallions, in original découpé leather binding
Text panel 10 x 6 5/8in. (25.4 x 16.8cm.); folio 14 1/8 x 9 5/8in. (35.8 x 24.5cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD GHIYATH AL-DIN AL-GAYLANI AL-DIMASHQI, SYRIA, 20TH CENTURY
Comprising Qur'an LVII, sura al-mulk, to Qur'an LXXVII, sura al-mursalat, 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of coloured découpé muhaqqaq script, numerous words overlapping on gold ground, with geometric rosette verse markers, text with plain interlinear divisions and within pink and orange frame formed by interlocking bands, with geometric interlocking marginal medallions, in original découpé leather binding
Text panel 10 x 6 5/8in. (25.4 x 16.8cm.); folio 14 1/8 x 9 5/8in. (35.8 x 24.5cm.)