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COLOPHON WITH NAME OF FATIMA KHATUN, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
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COLOPHON WITH NAME OF FATIMA KHATUN, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper bound in two volumes, 152ff. plus one fly-leaf and 161ff., each folio with 13ll. of black sini in panels ruled in red, sura headings in red, opening bifolio of each volume with gold and polychrome illumination framing 7ll. of text, final bifolio of each volume with polychrome frame surrounding the text, that of the second volume bearing the name of a scribe, fly-leaves with later owner's notes, bound in two volumes each in brown morocco with flap and stamped decoration, green cloth covered doublures
Text panel 7 ¾ x 4 7/8in.(19.7 x 12.3cm.); folio 10 3/8 x 7in. (26.5 x 18cm.)
COLOPHON WITH NAME OF FATIMA KHATUN, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper bound in two volumes, 152ff. plus one fly-leaf and 161ff., each folio with 13ll. of black sini in panels ruled in red, sura headings in red, opening bifolio of each volume with gold and polychrome illumination framing 7ll. of text, final bifolio of each volume with polychrome frame surrounding the text, that of the second volume bearing the name of a scribe, fly-leaves with later owner's notes, bound in two volumes each in brown morocco with flap and stamped decoration, green cloth covered doublures
Text panel 7 ¾ x 4 7/8in.(19.7 x 12.3cm.); folio 10 3/8 x 7in. (26.5 x 18cm.)
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