Leaves from Qur'ans, on paper [North Africa and the Near East, thirteenth to fifteenth centuries]

Collection of leaves from dispersed Qur'ans, forming a teaching collection, in Arabic with some translations to Farsi, illuminated manuscripts on paper [North Africa and the Near East, thirteenth to fifteenth centuries] two loose leaves, comprising (i) a leaf from a large Ilkhanid Qur'an, single column, 11 lines of fine black thuluth, verse markers and marginal ornamentation in gilt, some damp-staining and small tears affecting illumination, probably Iran, early fourteenth century, 395 by 295 mm.; (ii) leaf from a Persian Qur'an, in Arabic with interlinear translation and annotations in Farsi, probably copied for the use as a working Qur'an for an Islamic scholar, informal line structure, surah heading in blue against a yellow banner outlines in blue with a floral device extending into the margin, decorated with red additions, a little stained, corners chipped, probably rural Persia, c. 1400 AD, 300 by 200 mm.