An illuminated Qur'an, Qajar Persia, dated shawwal 1255/December 1839-January 1840
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 288 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with vowel points and diacritics in black and red, interlinear Persian translation written in small shikasteh in red ink, interlinear gilt rules throughout, small roundels decorated with blue dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords, sura headings written in thuluth script in red within illuminated rectangular panels, illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, the two leaves interspersed with one leaf decorated with two stylised trees in gold and some colour, some creasing, small repairs mostly restricted to outer margins, contemporary floral lacquer binding, covers and doublures richly decorated with floral sprays in colours and gold
220 x 140 mm.
Compare the binding with one on a religious manuscript in the Khalili Collection, dated Persia, 19th Century (see N. D. Khalili, B. W. Robinson, T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part Two, London 1997, p. 168, no. 381.
In the colophon, the name of the patron, who must have been an official with a short title, has been defaced and there is no scribe's name: however, it is stated that it is his 121st copy of the Qur'an, and gives the date shawwal 1255/December 1839-January 1840.
The note on the opening flyleaf says that the manuscript was given as a gift on the occasion of the marriage of a sister Mah laqa [?] to Nasrullah Mu'tazedi, and is dated 15 rajab 1312/12th January 1895.
The bookplate of the Firuz library (Firuz was the seller's great-uncle) states that the manuscript was bought from Aqa Mahmud, the book seller, attributed to great (or old) Mu'ayyir and is dated in shamsi 1295/1916.
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Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 288 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with vowel points and diacritics in black and red, interlinear Persian translation written in small shikasteh in red ink, interlinear gilt rules throughout, small roundels decorated with blue dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords, sura headings written in thuluth script in red within illuminated rectangular panels, illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, the two leaves interspersed with one leaf decorated with two stylised trees in gold and some colour, some creasing, small repairs mostly restricted to outer margins, contemporary floral lacquer binding, covers and doublures richly decorated with floral sprays in colours and gold
220 x 140 mm.
Compare the binding with one on a religious manuscript in the Khalili Collection, dated Persia, 19th Century (see N. D. Khalili, B. W. Robinson, T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part Two, London 1997, p. 168, no. 381.
In the colophon, the name of the patron, who must have been an official with a short title, has been defaced and there is no scribe's name: however, it is stated that it is his 121st copy of the Qur'an, and gives the date shawwal 1255/December 1839-January 1840.
The note on the opening flyleaf says that the manuscript was given as a gift on the occasion of the marriage of a sister Mah laqa [?] to Nasrullah Mu'tazedi, and is dated 15 rajab 1312/12th January 1895.
The bookplate of the Firuz library (Firuz was the seller's great-uncle) states that the manuscript was bought from Aqa Mahmud, the book seller, attributed to great (or old) Mu'ayyir and is dated in shamsi 1295/1916.
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