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four folios from a Qur'an in Bihari script, India, Sultanate, circa 16th century
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Text: Surat al-Ahzab (XXXIII), vv. 43-50; Surat al-Ahqaf (XLVI), vv. 29-35; Surat al-Najm (LIII), vv. 32-58; Surat al-Qamar (LIV), vv.28-45
13 lines per page written in bihari script in alternating lines of blue, black and gold ink, verse divisions marked with illuminated rosettes, tenth verses marked with large illuminated roundels in the margins containing the letter' `ayn' (for `ashr), ruled margin, marginal notes written diagonally in black and red ink
13 lines per page written in bihari script in alternating lines of blue, black and gold ink, verse divisions marked with illuminated rosettes, tenth verses marked with large illuminated roundels in the margins containing the letter' `ayn' (for `ashr), ruled margin, marginal notes written diagonally in black and red ink