A MINIATURE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 465 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink against a gold ground, ruled in black and gold, verses separated by gold roundels, juz markers in the margins, surah headings in black riqa’ against a gold ground within cartouches, ff.2a-9a with a red and gold surah index, f.10b and f.11a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown stamped and gilt-leather binding with gilt and polychrome doublures text panel: 7.3 by 3.8cm. leaf: 8.9 by 5.3cm.
A MINIATURE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 465 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink against a gold ground, ruled in black and gold, verses separated by gold roundels, juz markers in the margins, surah headings in black riqa’ against a gold ground within cartouches, ff.2a-9a with a red and gold surah index, f.10b and f.11a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown stamped and gilt-leather binding with gilt and polychrome doublures text panel: 7.3 by 3.8cm. leaf: 8.9 by 5.3cm.
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