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SAFAVID HERAT, 16TH CENTURY
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A QUR'AN BIFOLIO
SAFAVID HERAT, 16TH CENTURY
Qur'an XV (sura al-hijr), vv.35-85 and Qur'an XVI (sura al-nahl), vv.84-104, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 3ll. of strong gold thuluth alternated with panels each containing 6ll. of neat black naskh, gold strapworm roundel verse markers, the naskh panels framed with elegant gold and polychrome cusped devices, margins with bold roundels marking khams and 'ashr, hizb marked in black thuluth in the margin, mounted
Text panel 8 5/8 x 5 ½in. (22.1 x 14.2cm.); folio 12 1/8 x 9 ½in. (30.5 x 24cm.)
SAFAVID HERAT, 16TH CENTURY
Qur'an XV (sura al-hijr), vv.35-85 and Qur'an XVI (sura al-nahl), vv.84-104, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 3ll. of strong gold thuluth alternated with panels each containing 6ll. of neat black naskh, gold strapworm roundel verse markers, the naskh panels framed with elegant gold and polychrome cusped devices, margins with bold roundels marking khams and 'ashr, hizb marked in black thuluth in the margin, mounted
Text panel 8 5/8 x 5 ½in. (22.1 x 14.2cm.); folio 12 1/8 x 9 ½in. (30.5 x 24cm.)
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