Extent: fols. 57; paper; illuminations; 275 x 190 mm (180 x 120 mm) bound to 282 x 200 mm
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Layout: Written in 1 column of 5 lines; unruled. Script: Written in large Sini script. Decoration: The opening and closing two leaves of text are adorned with illuminated frames with floral designs in red, green, and black ink. Binding: Brown leather flap binding, blind tooled with decorative frame and cartouches with Arabic script. Pink and green fabric pastedowns. Fabric supports reinforce sewing stations. Written in black ink within a double line red frame; Sūrah headings in red ink, gilt rosettes. Thin paper, slightly polished. Provenance: Purchased by an English collector in the 1960s, and in a private London collection from the 1970s. Provenance: Purchased from Roseberys on the William Edward Archer Fund, April 28, 2023. Lot 335. Juz 12 of a Qur'an, China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 56ff, with 5ll. of black Rayani script per page within red rule with gold rosette verse markers...in brown leather tooled binding with flap, folio 27.6 x 20 cm.
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