Qur'an

Arabic manuscript on paper, 199ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. black naskh within gold cloud bands, gold rosette verse markers, red and gold margins between black rules, outer blue rule, tajwid in red ink, hizb and nisf within finely illuminated marginal medallions, frontispiece and finispiece with prayers finely illuminated, second bifolio with fine gold and polychrome illumination enclosing 6ll. black naskh , the headings above and below in black naskh within blue cartouches, following bifolio with illuminated floral borders, sura headings in gold on red and blue within illuminated cartouche, sura titles in margins, catchwords, marginal commentary in black shikasteh between gold cloud-bands within marginal medallions opening bifolio finely illuminated with gold and polychrome floral motifs enclosing 5ll. black naskh , colophon signed and dated, ending with 1f. prayers, in fine contemporary floral lacquer binding, the doublures with floral sprays

Utropspris:SEK 158,521.7

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