Leaf from an impressive Ilkhanid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on buff paper [Eastern Ilkhanate territories, second quarter of the twelfth century] single leaf, single column, 7 lines large eastern kufic script, possibly originally in yellow (now darkened and olive in appearance), script outlined in red, diacritics and vocalisation in dark green and gold (now oxidised), large ornamental device extending into the margin in the form of a pale yellow flower with orange decorations, outlined in turquoise, horizontal and vertical fold-lines, some fading, 550 by 375 mm.
Leaf from an impressive Ilkhanid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on buff paper [Eastern Ilkhanate territories, second quarter of the twelfth century] single leaf, single column, 7 lines large eastern kufic script, possibly originally in yellow (now darkened and olive in appearance), script outlined in red, diacritics and vocalisation in dark green and gold (now oxidised), large ornamental device extending into the margin in the form of a pale yellow flower with orange decorations, outlined in turquoise, horizontal and vertical fold-lines, some fading, 550 by 375 mm.
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