AN IMPRESSIVE QAJAR QUR'AN
IRAN, DATED AH 1209/1794-95 AD
AN IMPRESSIVE QAJAR QUR'AN IRAN, DATED AH 1209/1794-95 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 198ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of elegant black naskh in white clouds reserved against gold ground, gold and polychrome verse roundels, text panels within gold, red and green rules, marginal juz' markers in cusped cartouches with gold and polychrome floral decoration, sura headings in polychrome naskh on gold ground with polychrome floral borders, opening folio with large shamsas set on polychrome floral scrolling vine surrounded by marginal commentary in elegant nasta'liq set in white cloud on gold ground, opening sura with fully illuminated page with elegant floral header with bands of scrolling floral vine and illuminated marginal commentary, in probably original floral lacquer binding Text panel 9½ x 5¼in. (24 x 14cm.); folio 13½ x 8 5/8in. (34.4 x 22cm.)
AN IMPRESSIVE QAJAR QUR'AN
IRAN, DATED AH 1209/1794-95 AD
AN IMPRESSIVE QAJAR QUR'AN IRAN, DATED AH 1209/1794-95 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 198ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of elegant black naskh in white clouds reserved against gold ground, gold and polychrome verse roundels, text panels within gold, red and green rules, marginal juz' markers in cusped cartouches with gold and polychrome floral decoration, sura headings in polychrome naskh on gold ground with polychrome floral borders, opening folio with large shamsas set on polychrome floral scrolling vine surrounded by marginal commentary in elegant nasta'liq set in white cloud on gold ground, opening sura with fully illuminated page with elegant floral header with bands of scrolling floral vine and illuminated marginal commentary, in probably original floral lacquer binding Text panel 9½ x 5¼in. (24 x 14cm.); folio 13½ x 8 5/8in. (34.4 x 22cm.)
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