QUR'AN
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QUR'AN

MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 87ff. plus 11 fly-leaves, each folio with 11l. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in red naskh script within cloudbands on gold ground and within cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, the marginal medallions in gold and blue, section markers in red thuluth script, catchwords, occasional marginal comments in Persian, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, added note to colophon giving the date of AH 1061 and the scribe's name as Muhammad Amin Harawi, in stamped brown morocco binding
Text panel 6 7/8 x 3 3/8in. (17.4 x 8.7cm.); 10 x 6 ¼in. (25.4 x 15.8cm.)
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