A LARGE QUR’AN
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE QUR’AN MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 324ff. plus seven fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script with red Persian interlinear translation, text panel within gold and polychrome rules, blue and red, gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh script, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination, following folio with illuminated headpiece, occasional water staining, in stamped brown leather binding with nasta'liq inscription Text panel 9 x 4 7/8in. (23 x 12.5 cm.); folio 12 ½ x 8in. (31.5 x 20.3cm.)
A LARGE QUR’AN
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE QUR’AN MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 324ff. plus seven fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script with red Persian interlinear translation, text panel within gold and polychrome rules, blue and red, gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh script, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination, following folio with illuminated headpiece, occasional water staining, in stamped brown leather binding with nasta'liq inscription Text panel 9 x 4 7/8in. (23 x 12.5 cm.); folio 12 ½ x 8in. (31.5 x 20.3cm.)
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