A CENTRAL ASIAN QUR'AN Daghestan, dated 1203 AH (1788 AD)
A CENTRAL ASIAN QUR'AN
Daghestan, dated 1203 AH (1788 AD)
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprised of 500 pages and 13 lines of black naskh per page within red rule, with red roundel verse markers and diacriticals in black, surah headings in green and black, marginal notes, opening double frontispiece with polychrome folk decoration, colophon to final page with polychrome decoration with inscription stating it was copied in Singapore, brown leather binding with flap.
33.5cm x 24.5cm
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A CENTRAL ASIAN QUR'AN
Daghestan, dated 1203 AH (1788 AD)
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprised of 500 pages and 13 lines of black naskh per page within red rule, with red roundel verse markers and diacriticals in black, surah headings in green and black, marginal notes, opening double frontispiece with polychrome folk decoration, colophon to final page with polychrome decoration with inscription stating it was copied in Singapore, brown leather binding with flap.
33.5cm x 24.5cm