Monday 30 October 2023
Two qur'an folios and a Qur'an bifolio, Turkey or provinces and Iran, 14th to19th century,...
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Two qur'an folios and a Qur'an bifolio, Turkey or provinces and Iran, 14th to19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, black ink on paper, the first with 11ll. of large black naskh script to the page, mounted; the second with 12ll. of black naskh script, interlinear translation in Persian in red nasta'liq script between black ruled gold linear separations, within black ruled gold margins, annotation in black naskh script within the wide borders, dotted verse markers in gold within single black rule, mounted ; the bifolio with 10ll. of black naskh script to the page, each line marked, gold and polychrome verse markers, within gold and pink margins, mounted ; 35.5 x 28cm. and 30.3 x 25.3cm. (3)
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