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QAJAR IRAN, DATED 29 RAMADAN AH 1249/9 FEBRUARY 1834 AD
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QAJAR IRAN, DATED 29 RAMADAN AH 1249/9 FEBRUARY 1834 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 222ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of elegant black naskh in text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, silver verse roundels, sura headings in red in rectangular cartouches flanked by polychrome illumination, each bismillah in white cloud reserved against gold ground, marginal commentary similarly decorated, the name of the sura written above each page in a gold cartouche, marginal juz' markers, catchwords, the opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headings and margins, surrounding text in white cloud reserved against gold ground, the colophon dated, owner's inscription below, in associated stamped lacquer binding with later painted doublures painted with floral designs
Text panel 10¾ x 6in. (27.4 x 15.2cm.); folio 13¾ x 8¾in. (34.8 x 22.4cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, DATED 29 RAMADAN AH 1249/9 FEBRUARY 1834 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 222ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of elegant black naskh in text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, silver verse roundels, sura headings in red in rectangular cartouches flanked by polychrome illumination, each bismillah in white cloud reserved against gold ground, marginal commentary similarly decorated, the name of the sura written above each page in a gold cartouche, marginal juz' markers, catchwords, the opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headings and margins, surrounding text in white cloud reserved against gold ground, the colophon dated, owner's inscription below, in associated stamped lacquer binding with later painted doublures painted with floral designs
Text panel 10¾ x 6in. (27.4 x 15.2cm.); folio 13¾ x 8¾in. (34.8 x 22.4cm.)
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