AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 233 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 25 lines to the page, written in Eastern Kufic in black ink, ruled in gold, verses separated by gold and polychrome roundels, surah headings in gold outlined in red, the first three folios replaced, later re-margined, in brown gilt-stamped leather binding text panel: 11.3 by 7.1cm. leaf: 20.5 by 14.3cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 233 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 25 lines to the page, written in Eastern Kufic in black ink, ruled in gold, verses separated by gold and polychrome roundels, surah headings in gold outlined in red, the first three folios replaced, later re-margined, in brown gilt-stamped leather binding text panel: 11.3 by 7.1cm. leaf: 20.5 by 14.3cm.
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