A SMALL QUR’AN PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN TRUST Possibly late Safavid Iran or Ottoman Eastern Provinces, 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 321ff. plus 1 flyleaf, each folio with 17ll. of black ink naskh script, the opening bifolio exhibiting unusual pink, green, and gold illumination, the illumination design a blend of influences from the Ottoman Lands and the colophons of Armenian manuscripts, with some marginal marks, chapter headings and verse markers in red, catchwords, within blue and red rules, in lacquer binding decorated with scrolling flora and foliage around a small cusped arabesque medallion, red cloth spine, possibly the binding a later combination, the text panel 10.5cm x 4.5cm, the folio 13.9cm x 7.5cm.
A SMALL QUR’AN PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN TRUST Possibly late Safavid Iran or Ottoman Eastern Provinces, 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 321ff. plus 1 flyleaf, each folio with 17ll. of black ink naskh script, the opening bifolio exhibiting unusual pink, green, and gold illumination, the illumination design a blend of influences from the Ottoman Lands and the colophons of Armenian manuscripts, with some marginal marks, chapter headings and verse markers in red, catchwords, within blue and red rules, in lacquer binding decorated with scrolling flora and foliage around a small cusped arabesque medallion, red cloth spine, possibly the binding a later combination, the text panel 10.5cm x 4.5cm, the folio 13.9cm x 7.5cm.
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