AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY surah al-Fatihah (I), v.1 to surah al-Baqarah (II) v.141 Arabic manuscript on paper, 23 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in orange, gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome dotted roundels, ff.1b and 2a with an illuminated frontispiece, lacking binding text panel: 15.2 by 9.3cm. leaf: 24.5 by 17cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY surah al-Fatihah (I), v.1 to surah al-Baqarah (II) v.141 Arabic manuscript on paper, 23 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in orange, gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome dotted roundels, ff.1b and 2a with an illuminated frontispiece, lacking binding text panel: 15.2 by 9.3cm. leaf: 24.5 by 17cm.
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