HALF OF A ROYAL MUGHAL QUR'AN
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1680-1720
HALF OF A ROYAL MUGHAL QUR'AN MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1680-1720 To the beginning of Sura Maryam , Arabic manuscript on gold speckled paper, 288ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of large black naskh with interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq , catchwords, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, each text panel laid down between gold and polychrome margins on a wide outer border with gold lattice and flowerhead motif, sura headings in blue on extremely delicate gold and polychrome illumianted panels, marginal cusped medallions marking different parts of each juz' , the opening bifolio with fine gold and polychrome illumination, very minor repairs, in later red morocco Text panel 10 5/8 x 6½in. (27 x 16.4cm.); folio 18½ x 12½in. (47 x 31.8cm.)
HALF OF A ROYAL MUGHAL QUR'AN
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1680-1720
HALF OF A ROYAL MUGHAL QUR'AN MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1680-1720 To the beginning of Sura Maryam , Arabic manuscript on gold speckled paper, 288ff. plus 14 fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of large black naskh with interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq , catchwords, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, each text panel laid down between gold and polychrome margins on a wide outer border with gold lattice and flowerhead motif, sura headings in blue on extremely delicate gold and polychrome illumianted panels, marginal cusped medallions marking different parts of each juz' , the opening bifolio with fine gold and polychrome illumination, very minor repairs, in later red morocco Text panel 10 5/8 x 6½in. (27 x 16.4cm.); folio 18½ x 12½in. (47 x 31.8cm.)
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