Extent: fols. 68; paper; illuminations; 220 x 160 mm (137 x 100 mm) bound to 225 x 165 mm
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Layout: Written in 1 column of 5 lines; unruled. Script: Written in large Sini script. Decoration: The opening two leaves of text are adorned with illuminated frames with geometric designs in red, blue, green, and black ink. Binding: Brown leather binding, blind tooled. Plain endpapers. Fabric supports reinforce sewing stations. Written in black ink within a double line red frame; Sūrah headings in red ink. Thin paper, slightly polished, with many inclusions. Provenance: Purchased by an English collector from Ahmad 'Allaf, Damascus, 1969. Provenance: Purchased from Plakas Auctions on the William Edward Archer Fund, April 25, 2023. Lot 76. Complete manuscript of Juz' Qad aflaḥa.
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