A KASHMIRI QUR'AN
NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A KASHMIRI QUR'AN NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 261ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh script a gainst a gold ground with red Persian interlinear translation, text panel framed with scrolls of purple and orange flowers against gold and black ground, sura headings in blue naskh script, opening and closing bifolios with gold and blue illumination, in possibly original gilded binding, one folio towards the end bound upside down Text panel 6 ¼ x 3in. (16 x 7.3 cm.); folio 7 7/8x 4¼in. (20 x 10.8cm.)
A KASHMIRI QUR'AN
NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A KASHMIRI QUR'AN NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 261ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh script a gainst a gold ground with red Persian interlinear translation, text panel framed with scrolls of purple and orange flowers against gold and black ground, sura headings in blue naskh script, opening and closing bifolios with gold and blue illumination, in possibly original gilded binding, one folio towards the end bound upside down Text panel 6 ¼ x 3in. (16 x 7.3 cm.); folio 7 7/8x 4¼in. (20 x 10.8cm.)
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