A Qur'an, Southeast Asia, dated 1358AH/ 1939-40AD, 307ff., Arabic manuscript...
A Qur'an, Southeast Asia, dated 1358AH/ 1939-40AD, 307ff., Arabic manuscript on rice paper, with 15ll. of black naskh within black rule, frontispiece decorated with gold ornamental kufic compositions including the shahada and the names of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad, one folio decorated with a large polychrome calligraphic inscription reading Al-Qur’an al-Karim, final folio with colophon and date of 1358AH, three further gold and polychrome decorations, in original brown morocco binding with tooled decoration, folio 32.5 x 21cm.
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A Qur'an, Southeast Asia, dated 1358AH/ 1939-40AD, 307ff., Arabic manuscript on rice paper, with 15ll. of black naskh within black rule, frontispiece decorated with gold ornamental kufic compositions including the shahada and the names of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad, one folio decorated with a large polychrome calligraphic inscription reading Al-Qur’an al-Karim, final folio with colophon and date of 1358AH, three further gold and polychrome decorations, in original brown morocco binding with tooled decoration, folio 32.5 x 21cm.
