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Lot 9•,R
An illuminated Qur'an section Persia, 16th Century
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,664 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an section
Persia, 16th Century
Persia, 16th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 leaves, 13 lines to the page, first and last lines on each page written in larger muhaqqaq script in blue, and the seventh line written in gold, the remainder of the text in smaller naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, verse-endings marked with gold roundels, inner margins ruled in gold, blue and green, illuminated marginal devices, sura headings written in naskhi script in white within illuminated panels, modern binding with stamped central medallions
232 x 165 mm.
232 x 165 mm.
Footnotes
The section comprises part of juz' XXVII, including: Qur'an, sura LI, al-Dharyiat, verses 8-to the end; sura LII, al-Tur (with an illuminated heading); sura LIII, al-Najm (with an illuminated heading); sura LIV, al-Qamar, verses 1-part of 4; [folio missing]; sura LIV, al-Qmar, parts of verse 34 to the end; sura LV, al-Rahman; sura LVI, al-Waqi'ah; sura LVII, al-Hadid, verses 1-the middle of verse 21.
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