Manuscript codex. Title from title page illumination (f. 1r). Arabic. Script: Written in mamluk style naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Decoration: Gold and blue illuminated title (f. 1r). Gold eight petal rosettes with pink centers, lined in pink and blue dots mark verse endings. Sūrah titles in gold outlined in black. Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 15th to mid-16th centuries. One volume of a Qur'ān set, of which RBML holds 3 volumes under separate shelfmarks; See also MSS Or. 256 and 257. This volume is bound in a different style and lacks the same waqf inscription found in the other two volumes. Shelfmark: MS Or 258.
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