QUR'AN, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

QUR'AN
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 270ff. plus three flyleaves each with 15ll. of clear black naskh on gold sprinkled paper within gold and polychrome rules, gold roundels between verses, sura headings in white on gold panels highlighted with polychrome arabesques and floral motifs, illuminated blue marginal medallions, 'ashr hizb, nisf and sajda marked in white and red in margins, opening bifolio with shamsas containing prayers, preceded by a double illuminated page with sura al-fatiha in gold and polychrome borders, opening folio with beginning of sura al-baqara within gold and floral clouds and illuminated heading, illuminated final bifolio, followed by the falnama in white on gold ground, generally good condition, trimmed, in gilt floral binding, cream paper doublures
Text panel 3 ¼ x 1 ¾in. (8.2 x 4.3cm.); folio 5 5/8 x 3 ½in. (14.2 x 8.6cm.)

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