A GROUP OF TIMURID OR AQQUYUNLU QUR'AN LEAVES ON CHINESE PAPER
IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
A GROUP OF TIMURID OR AQQUYUNLU QUR'AN LEAVES ON CHINESE PAPER IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on deep blue, purple, turquoise, and pink Chinese paper, 11 ff., each with 15ll. of elegant naskh , the text with gold and blue minor margins, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in larger gold naskh in gold-outlined panels, marginal khams and 'ashr markers in gold, white and blue, most folios gold-sprinkled on one side, some with larger specks, each also with gold illumination beneath the text, folios worn at margins, minor areas of staining Folio 11 x 8 3/8in. (28.1 x 21.1cm.); text panel 8¼ x 6¼in. (20.9 x 15.9cm.) (11)
A GROUP OF TIMURID OR AQQUYUNLU QUR'AN LEAVES ON CHINESE PAPER
IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
A GROUP OF TIMURID OR AQQUYUNLU QUR'AN LEAVES ON CHINESE PAPER IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on deep blue, purple, turquoise, and pink Chinese paper, 11 ff., each with 15ll. of elegant naskh , the text with gold and blue minor margins, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in larger gold naskh in gold-outlined panels, marginal khams and 'ashr markers in gold, white and blue, most folios gold-sprinkled on one side, some with larger specks, each also with gold illumination beneath the text, folios worn at margins, minor areas of staining Folio 11 x 8 3/8in. (28.1 x 21.1cm.); text panel 8¼ x 6¼in. (20.9 x 15.9cm.) (11)
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