AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HAJJ MUHAMMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-TUGHRA’I, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 920 AH/1514-15 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 236 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 16 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and blue, verses separated by gold dots, surah headings in gold riqa’, .1a with a polychrome and gold illuminated shamsa, f.1b and f.2a with a double-page spread of illumination, f.2b and f.3a with a polychrome and gold incipit frame, in Qajar lacquer binding decorated with flowers and a bird text panel: 3.6 by 3.6cm. leaf: 5.2 by 5.2cm.
AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HAJJ MUHAMMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-TUGHRA’I, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 920 AH/1514-15 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 236 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 16 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and blue, verses separated by gold dots, surah headings in gold riqa’, .1a with a polychrome and gold illuminated shamsa, f.1b and f.2a with a double-page spread of illumination, f.2b and f.3a with a polychrome and gold incipit frame, in Qajar lacquer binding decorated with flowers and a bird text panel: 3.6 by 3.6cm. leaf: 5.2 by 5.2cm.
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