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KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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QUR'AN
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 285ff. plus five fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh script, each line within gold divisions, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in blue on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within gold and black rules, with fine illuminated marginal medallions, opening, intermediate and final bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, with catchwords, in floral papier mache binding
Text 4 1/8 x 2 1/8in. (10.5 x 5.4cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 ½in. (15.5 x 8.9cm.)
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 285ff. plus five fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black naskh script, each line within gold divisions, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in blue on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within gold and black rules, with fine illuminated marginal medallions, opening, intermediate and final bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, with catchwords, in floral papier mache binding
Text 4 1/8 x 2 1/8in. (10.5 x 5.4cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 ½in. (15.5 x 8.9cm.)
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