QUR'AN
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1580 WITH ADDITIONS DONE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
QUR'AN SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1580 WITH ADDITIONS DONE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 292ff. as numbered, three fly-leaves, folios with 13ll. of text comprising large lines of blue and gold thuluth alternated with blocks of 5ll. of smaller naskh framed by panels of floral illumination, sura headings in white on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, marginal roundels marking various points in the text, occasional later added Ottoman marginal devices, opening bifolium with elegant illumination framing medallions with gold text on light blue ground, previous bifolium with two similarly illuminated shamsas, final folio of the Qur'an followed by two fully illuminated bifolium of prayers and a falnama , one folio replaced, folios slightly trimmed, in Ottoman binding and modern brown morocco box Text panel 9 x 6in. (22.8 x 15.2cm.); folio 13¼ x 8½in. (33.5 x 21.8cm.)
QUR'AN
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1580 WITH ADDITIONS DONE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
QUR'AN SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1580 WITH ADDITIONS DONE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 292ff. as numbered, three fly-leaves, folios with 13ll. of text comprising large lines of blue and gold thuluth alternated with blocks of 5ll. of smaller naskh framed by panels of floral illumination, sura headings in white on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, marginal roundels marking various points in the text, occasional later added Ottoman marginal devices, opening bifolium with elegant illumination framing medallions with gold text on light blue ground, previous bifolium with two similarly illuminated shamsas, final folio of the Qur'an followed by two fully illuminated bifolium of prayers and a falnama , one folio replaced, folios slightly trimmed, in Ottoman binding and modern brown morocco box Text panel 9 x 6in. (22.8 x 15.2cm.); folio 13¼ x 8½in. (33.5 x 21.8cm.)
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