An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hussein Shirazi, India, Mughal, dated 1037 AH/1627 AD Arabic mansucript on paper, 576 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, a protective slip of paper bound between each leaf, 12 lines to the page written in neat black naskh script on polished paper sprinkled with gold, margins with an outer border filled with gold flowers, surah headings in blue thuluth within illuminated polychrome panels, 3 double-page illuminated frontispieces, 2 double-page illuminated finispieces and a further headpiece, floral lacquer binding 16 by 10cm.
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hussein Shirazi, India, Mughal, dated 1037 AH/1627 AD Arabic mansucript on paper, 576 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, a protective slip of paper bound between each leaf, 12 lines to the page written in neat black naskh script on polished paper sprinkled with gold, margins with an outer border filled with gold flowers, surah headings in blue thuluth within illuminated polychrome panels, 3 double-page illuminated frontispieces, 2 double-page illuminated finispieces and a further headpiece, floral lacquer binding 16 by 10cm.
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