TWO SAFAVID QUR'AN BIFOLIOS
SHIRAZ, IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
TWO SAFAVID QUR'AN BIFOLIOS SHIRAZ, IRAN, 16TH CENTURY Illuminated Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh , gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, one side of each bifolio with the text in clouds reserved against gold ground with floral illuminated highlights and elegant gold and polychrome floral illuminated borders, the other side of the bifolios with marginal medallions marking various points in the text, one folio with a sura heading in white thuluth within cartouches of gold and polychrome illumination, small repairs, slightly trimmed Text panel l9¼ x 5 7/8in. (22.9 x 15cm.); Folio 13¾ x 9 7/8in. (34.9 x 24.9cm.) (4)
TWO SAFAVID QUR'AN BIFOLIOS
SHIRAZ, IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
TWO SAFAVID QUR'AN BIFOLIOS SHIRAZ, IRAN, 16TH CENTURY Illuminated Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh , gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, one side of each bifolio with the text in clouds reserved against gold ground with floral illuminated highlights and elegant gold and polychrome floral illuminated borders, the other side of the bifolios with marginal medallions marking various points in the text, one folio with a sura heading in white thuluth within cartouches of gold and polychrome illumination, small repairs, slightly trimmed Text panel l9¼ x 5 7/8in. (22.9 x 15cm.); Folio 13¾ x 9 7/8in. (34.9 x 24.9cm.) (4)
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