FOUR FOLIOS FROM AN ABBASID QUR'AN
IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
FOUR FOLIOS FROM AN ABBASID QUR'AN IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY Comprising parts of Qur'an V ( sura al-ma'ida ), Qur'an XLVII ( sura Muhammad ) and Qur'an LXII ( sura al-jum'a ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. of black muhaqqaq to the page, with gold rosette verse markers, sura headings in gold kufic within blue cartouche on polychrome illuminated ground, each cartouches issuing a palmette in the margin, with floral illuminated marginal medallions, one medallion as a large six-pointed star Folio 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 28cm.)
FOUR FOLIOS FROM AN ABBASID QUR'AN
IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
FOUR FOLIOS FROM AN ABBASID QUR'AN IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY Comprising parts of Qur'an V ( sura al-ma'ida ), Qur'an XLVII ( sura Muhammad ) and Qur'an LXII ( sura al-jum'a ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. of black muhaqqaq to the page, with gold rosette verse markers, sura headings in gold kufic within blue cartouche on polychrome illuminated ground, each cartouches issuing a palmette in the margin, with floral illuminated marginal medallions, one medallion as a large six-pointed star Folio 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 28cm.)
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