细节
QUR'AN
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI BIN MUHAMMAD SADIQ AL-ISFAHANI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 20 RABI' II AH 1233/17 FEBRUARY 1818 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 269ff., two fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of strong black naskh, interlinear red nasta'liq Persian translation, text panels within gold and polychrome rule, catchwords, marginal medallions marking hizb, nisf and juz', khams and 'ashr marked in small red naskh, opening bifolio with elegant gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, preceding bifolio with illumination framing medallions full of gold calligraphy, final bifolio similar, first fly-leaf with copious later owner's notes, in Qajar lacquer binding with floral motif surrounded by calligraphic cartouches, the doublures with irises
Text panel 6 3/8 x 3½in. (16.3 x 9cm.); folio 8¾ x 5½in. (22.3 x 13.8cm.)