AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN
IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, POSSIBLY BAGHDAD, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, POSSIBLY BAGHDAD, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY Qur'an IX, sura al-bara'at , vv.127-129 to Qur'an X, sura yunus , vv.1-3, Arabic manuscript on paper, the folio with 13ll., the first, middle and last in elegant muhaqqaq in alternating black and gold, the intervening lines in neat black naskh , the lines within gold rules and the text panel laid down within gold and polychrome outer rules on wide gold-speckled turquoise borders, later attributions to Yaqut al-Musta'simi applied in lower border and written in the lower margin, mounted Text panel 6½ x 4in. (16.6 x 10cm.); folio 13 x 8 1/8in. (33.1 x 20.6cm.)
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN
IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, POSSIBLY BAGHDAD, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IRAN OR MESOPOTAMIA, POSSIBLY BAGHDAD, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY Qur'an IX, sura al-bara'at , vv.127-129 to Qur'an X, sura yunus , vv.1-3, Arabic manuscript on paper, the folio with 13ll., the first, middle and last in elegant muhaqqaq in alternating black and gold, the intervening lines in neat black naskh , the lines within gold rules and the text panel laid down within gold and polychrome outer rules on wide gold-speckled turquoise borders, later attributions to Yaqut al-Musta'simi applied in lower border and written in the lower margin, mounted Text panel 6½ x 4in. (16.6 x 10cm.); folio 13 x 8 1/8in. (33.1 x 20.6cm.)
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