QUR'AN, IRAN OR ANATOLIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

QUR'AN
IRAN OR ANATOLIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 274ff. plus one flyleaf, 13ll. of small black naskh framed above and below by a further line of larger muhaqqaq, sura headings in gold thuluth or kufic issuing gold and polychrome rosettes into the margins, each sura followed by lines of commentary in red riqa' giving details about the place of revelation and the numbers of words and verses, the commentary sometimes framed by scrolls, numerous marginal medallions in gold and polychrome marking divisions in the text, first 3ff. replaced, the first bifolio with pasted down Mamluk frontispiece with blue and gold illuminated headings framing text, lacking final sura at the end, light smudging and staining, some marginal repairs, in later worn red morocco with flap and stamped central medallion with pendants and spandrels, paper covered doublures
Folio 12¼ x 9½in. (31.1 x 24.1cm.)