A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XIX), PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY

A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XIX), PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY

surah al-Furqan (XXV), v.21 to surah an-Naml (XXVII), v.55
Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 13 lines to the page, the text written in black naskh divided into two sections alternating with 3 lines of gold thuluth, ruled in orange, green, gold and black, verses separated by gold and polychrome pointed gold roundels, 1 surah heading in white against a gold ground within a cartouche ruled in orange, ashr verse markers in gold, f.1b with a polychrome and gold heading (‘unwan), incomplete, in leather gilt binding, with flap

36.4 by 23.7cm.

Condition Report:
In generally good condition, the margins are clean and have been restored as well as the inside of the spine, stains and smudges, minor losses, as viewed.

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