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Lot 17•
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Mulla Muhammad India, 18th Century
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,750 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an copied by Mulla Muhammad
India, 18th Century
India, 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 436 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black ink, interlinear Persian translation written in a cursive script in red, gold discs decorated with blue dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords, extensive commentaries written diagonally in nasta'liq script in red or black within gilt cloudbands, sura headings written in thuluth in red ink, one illuminated frontispiece, preceded by two illuminated medallions, in colours and gold, water damage has caused the removal of the blue pigment, heavily waterstained, some crude repairs, some dampstaining mostly restricted to the lower outer margin, later olive-green leather with stamped central medallions, cornerpieces and bands decorated with floral and vegetal motifs, slightly worn
280 x 155 mm.
280 x 155 mm.