A Large illuminated Qur'an, Persia, circa 1560-70 Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 321 leaves, 12 lines to the page in naskh script in black ink, recitation marks in red ink, framed in red, blue and gold, bold waqf inscription on several folios, single verse divisions marked with star-shaped medallions in colours and gold, sura headings written in white thuluth on a gold ground decorated with polychrome floral sprays, margins ruled in colours and gold, fifth and tenth verses marked in margins with large roundels decorated with floral motifs on a blue ground, opening folio containing an eight-pointed shamsa followed by two illuminated double pages of text, illuminated headpiece starting surat al-Baqara, the end with an illuminated leaf with 6 lines of large white naskh each in cartouches of gold and blue, the final filled with floral motifs composed of red dots (left-hand companion page lacking), decorated falnama on final leaf, in contemporary brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped panel of floral motifs and cloud-scrolls, border cartouches stamped with floral scrolls and arch-shaped designs, doublures gilt-stamped with filigree work on coloured grounds 36 by 24cm.
A Large illuminated Qur'an, Persia, circa 1560-70 Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 321 leaves, 12 lines to the page in naskh script in black ink, recitation marks in red ink, framed in red, blue and gold, bold waqf inscription on several folios, single verse divisions marked with star-shaped medallions in colours and gold, sura headings written in white thuluth on a gold ground decorated with polychrome floral sprays, margins ruled in colours and gold, fifth and tenth verses marked in margins with large roundels decorated with floral motifs on a blue ground, opening folio containing an eight-pointed shamsa followed by two illuminated double pages of text, illuminated headpiece starting surat al-Baqara, the end with an illuminated leaf with 6 lines of large white naskh each in cartouches of gold and blue, the final filled with floral motifs composed of red dots (left-hand companion page lacking), decorated falnama on final leaf, in contemporary brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped panel of floral motifs and cloud-scrolls, border cartouches stamped with floral scrolls and arch-shaped designs, doublures gilt-stamped with filigree work on coloured grounds 36 by 24cm.
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