A FINE LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, EGYPT, MAMLUK, MID-14TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 301 leaves plus 5 flyleaves, 13 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script, replacement final page, verses separated by gold florets, catchwords, fifth verses marked by pear-shaped florets emanating fronds, tenth verses marked by gold foliate roundels outlined in blue within the text, surah headings in large gold thuluth spaced between the text, with filled-in interstices, textual divisions marked in the margin, sometimes in gold within a gold-outlined panel against a feintly-lined ground, ff.1b-2a with double page illuminated frontispiece composed of interlocking geometric motifs enclosed within strap-work borders, the text above and below in white thuluth script within gold cloud bands against a blue vegetal ground, following double page with text within cloud bands against a ground of large scrolling vines resting on feint lines, text above and below in large gold ornamental Eastern Kufic script, further illuminated double page at the beginning of juz' XVI (surah al-Kahf, vv.75-78), modern binding and bespoke box 34 by 27cm.Condition ReportIn reasonably good overall condition, various marginal paper repairs throughout, pages slightly cropped, illumination bright an ink bold, stains but pages generally clean, last page old replacement with repair, as viewed. "
A FINE LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, EGYPT, MAMLUK, MID-14TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 301 leaves plus 5 flyleaves, 13 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script, replacement final page, verses separated by gold florets, catchwords, fifth verses marked by pear-shaped florets emanating fronds, tenth verses marked by gold foliate roundels outlined in blue within the text, surah headings in large gold thuluth spaced between the text, with filled-in interstices, textual divisions marked in the margin, sometimes in gold within a gold-outlined panel against a feintly-lined ground, ff.1b-2a with double page illuminated frontispiece composed of interlocking geometric motifs enclosed within strap-work borders, the text above and below in white thuluth script within gold cloud bands against a blue vegetal ground, following double page with text within cloud bands against a ground of large scrolling vines resting on feint lines, text above and below in large gold ornamental Eastern Kufic script, further illuminated double page at the beginning of juz' XVI (surah al-Kahf, vv.75-78), modern binding and bespoke box 34 by 27cm.Condition ReportIn reasonably good overall condition, various marginal paper repairs throughout, pages slightly cropped, illumination bright an ink bold, stains but pages generally clean, last page old replacement with repair, as viewed. "
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