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A QUR'AN IN THIRTY JUZ' IN ORIGINAL BOX
SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-SHARIF BIN AL-'ALLAM MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-KHORASSANI, QAJAR ISFAHAN, IRAN, DATED AH 1271/1854-55 AD
A QUR'AN IN THIRTY JUZ' IN ORIGINAL BOX SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-SHARIF BIN AL-'ALLAM MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-KHORASSANI, QAJAR ISFAHAN, IRAN, DATED AH 1271/1854-55 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, the Qur'an separately bound in thirty juz' , each folio of each volume with 12ll. of strong black naskh contained within text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, the margins with gold outer rules, catchwords, gold verse roundels, sura headings in blue thuluth in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, the juz' similarly marked at the beginning of every volume, juz' and sajada also marked with a marginal medallion, khams and 'ashr marked in red thuluth in the margins, the first folio of every juz' with a long inscription containing the signature and date, opening folio of the first volume with gold and polychrome illumination framing 5ll. of text, each juz' in original green morocco with stamped central medallion, pendants and spandrels, pink paper doublures, the thirty juz' contained within the original painted and lacquered wooden box with sliding lid, each surface of the box with raised calligraphic cartouches, pendants and spandrels with floral design, occasional losses Text panel 6½ x 3¾in. (16.5 x 9.5cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 6 1/8in. (23.9 x 15.6cm.)