A MAMLUK QURAN JUZ, PROBABLY EGYPT, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Comprising the 30th juz’, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13 lines of black muhaqqaq, surah headings in gold outlined in black, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers pointed ib red and blue, the colophon set inside a larger gilt and polychrome medallion, with gilt and polychrome spandrels, minor repairs to the margins, the final page laid down on card, in brown morocco with tooled and gilded decoration.
folio: 36 by 28 cm.
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Comprising the 30th juz’, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13 lines of black muhaqqaq, surah headings in gold outlined in black, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers pointed ib red and blue, the colophon set inside a larger gilt and polychrome medallion, with gilt and polychrome spandrels, minor repairs to the margins, the final page laid down on card, in brown morocco with tooled and gilded decoration.
folio: 36 by 28 cm.