A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY
Name: A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY
Description: Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 lines to each page, written in miniature naskh script in black ink, diacritics and vowels in red, text within double gold borders, gold verse markers, surah headings in gold thuluth script, gilt" Hizb, nisf and ausher' marginal occasional notes'. Two opening bifolia fully illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 5 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gilt ground. The last page with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Dua'a al-khatm).
In a lacquer binding, with a decorated cloth cover pouch embroidered with metallic thread.
7 by 11 cm.
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Name: A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY
Description: Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 lines to each page, written in miniature naskh script in black ink, diacritics and vowels in red, text within double gold borders, gold verse markers, surah headings in gold thuluth script, gilt" Hizb, nisf and ausher' marginal occasional notes'. Two opening bifolia fully illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 5 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gilt ground. The last page with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Dua'a al-khatm).
In a lacquer binding, with a decorated cloth cover pouch embroidered with metallic thread.
7 by 11 cm.
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Time, Location
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