Leaf from a large Eastern Kufic Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Seljuk Persia, twelfth century]

Leaf from a large Eastern Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Seljuk Persia, first half of the twelfth century] single leaf, containing the opening for the surah al-Insan (The Man), 76:1, single column, 15 lines angular sepia eastern kufic script, diacritics and vocalisation in red and green with some added in blue (possibly in a later hand), decorative rosettes marking the verses in gilt, ornamental devices to the margins also in gilt and heightened in orange and green, surah heading with additional prayers outlined in a gold box with a large gilt roundel extending into the margin, some early marginalia and commentary in red, leaf worn and a little mottled at outer edges with some loss to outer edges (including loss to marginalia and illumination), loss to text along old vertical fold (nor repaired), 340 by 275 mm.