A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, INDONESIA, DATED 1315 AH/1897-98 AD Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 321 leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black, yellow and red, verses separated by yellow roundels, surah headings in red rounded cursive, polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b with an illuminated leaf bearing the date of completion of the manuscript, f.3b and 5a with a double-page spread of illumination consisting of 7 lines of naskh surrounded by an intricate frame of interlacing palmettes, similar bifolium at the middle and end of the Qur’an, followed by 8 leaves with prayers starting with a bifolium with double polychrome headings, lacking binding 33 by 23.5cm. Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, INDONESIA, DATED 1315 AH/1897-98 AD Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 321 leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black, yellow and red, verses separated by yellow roundels, surah headings in red rounded cursive, polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b with an illuminated leaf bearing the date of completion of the manuscript, f.3b and 5a with a double-page spread of illumination consisting of 7 lines of naskh surrounded by an intricate frame of interlacing palmettes, similar bifolium at the middle and end of the Qur’an, followed by 8 leaves with prayers starting with a bifolium with double polychrome headings, lacking binding 33 by 23.5cm. Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
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