A SELECTION OF SIX QUR'ANIC LOOSE FOLIOS Iran...
A SELECTION OF SIX QUR'ANIC LOOSE FOLIOS
Iran and Egypt, 15th - 16th century
Each Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink thuluth script, comprising Sura 3 (Al Imran), vv. 55-72, Sura 10 (Yunus), vv. 2-18, Sura 25 (Al Forqan), vv. 27-37 and 38-48, Sura 29 (Al Ankabut), vv. 45-50 and vv. 63-69 distributed among one folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th century, 11ll., gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, the folio 48cm x 36cm and 50cm x 39cm including mount; a folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th - 16th century, 14ll., in sepia ink, gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, elaborate illuminated marginal markers, the folio 48cm x 31cm; a bifolio from a Mamluk Qur'an, possibly 15th - 16th century,7ll., in black ink, gold rosettes as verse markers, marginal notes and corrections in red, the folio 27.5cm x 20cm; two loose folios from Iranian Qur'ans,15th - 16th century, each 12ll., one in black ink with word-for-word Persian translation in red in nasta’liq underneath the text, the latter in sepia ink with full diacritic marks, both with marginal markers in gold circular and triangular flaming marks, the folios approximately 42cm x 31cm.
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A SELECTION OF SIX QUR'ANIC LOOSE FOLIOS
Iran and Egypt, 15th - 16th century
Each Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink thuluth script, comprising Sura 3 (Al Imran), vv. 55-72, Sura 10 (Yunus), vv. 2-18, Sura 25 (Al Forqan), vv. 27-37 and 38-48, Sura 29 (Al Ankabut), vv. 45-50 and vv. 63-69 distributed among one folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th century, 11ll., gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, the folio 48cm x 36cm and 50cm x 39cm including mount; a folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th - 16th century, 14ll., in sepia ink, gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, elaborate illuminated marginal markers, the folio 48cm x 31cm; a bifolio from a Mamluk Qur'an, possibly 15th - 16th century,7ll., in black ink, gold rosettes as verse markers, marginal notes and corrections in red, the folio 27.5cm x 20cm; two loose folios from Iranian Qur'ans,15th - 16th century, each 12ll., one in black ink with word-for-word Persian translation in red in nasta’liq underneath the text, the latter in sepia ink with full diacritic marks, both with marginal markers in gold circular and triangular flaming marks, the folios approximately 42cm x 31cm.
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