Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 249 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in elegant naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, text interspersed with gold dots, each dot indicating the end of a verse, inner margins ruled in gold, sura headings in gold throughout, one double page of fine illumination in colours and gold, some crude repairs, small areas torn with loss of some text, discoloration, later floral lacquer binding, with embroidered bag 76 x 45 mm.
Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 249 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in elegant naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, text interspersed with gold dots, each dot indicating the end of a verse, inner margins ruled in gold, sura headings in gold throughout, one double page of fine illumination in colours and gold, some crude repairs, small areas torn with loss of some text, discoloration, later floral lacquer binding, with embroidered bag 76 x 45 mm.
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