Qur'an Juz' XVIII (قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ) China, late 19th century, Arabic manuscript...
Qur'an Juz' XVIII (قَدْ أَفْلَحَ )
China, late 19th century,
Arabic manuscript on paper, 52ff., with 5ll. of bold black sini script to the page, the double-page opening with 3ll. of the same within thin green margins, framed by bands of gold strapwork on red field, the head board with a calligraphic lobed medallions amidst swaying flowers and leaves, the lower panel with repeating gold quatrefoils dotted in red on green field, the closing double page similarly laid out, the headboard with calligraphic panel flanked by gold flowers on white, pink and yellow foliate tendril, the lower panel with similar decoration, the band with a lattice dotted in blue and orange on washy brown field, gold lobed rosette verse markers, surah headings in red script between double red rules, within red thin double rules, later highlighted in black, the covers and flap lacking
folio 29.5 x 29cm.
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Qur'an Juz' XVIII (قَدْ أَفْلَحَ )
China, late 19th century,
Arabic manuscript on paper, 52ff., with 5ll. of bold black sini script to the page, the double-page opening with 3ll. of the same within thin green margins, framed by bands of gold strapwork on red field, the head board with a calligraphic lobed medallions amidst swaying flowers and leaves, the lower panel with repeating gold quatrefoils dotted in red on green field, the closing double page similarly laid out, the headboard with calligraphic panel flanked by gold flowers on white, pink and yellow foliate tendril, the lower panel with similar decoration, the band with a lattice dotted in blue and orange on washy brown field, gold lobed rosette verse markers, surah headings in red script between double red rules, within red thin double rules, later highlighted in black, the covers and flap lacking
folio 29.5 x 29cm.
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