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Miniature Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper in a lacquer binding, Qajar, Persia, Dated A.H.1250/A.D.1834
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
119 leaves, 21 lines per page of fine naskhi script against gold cloud bands, gold rosettes decorated with coloured dots between verses, margins ruled in gold, textual divisions in illuminated cartouches in the margins, sura headings in red thuluth against a gold ground, with coloured panels, opening pages with a prayer in a flaming cartouche, catchwords in red, frontispiece intricately illuminated in colours and gold, contemporary floral lacquer binding