Lot 53
Lot 53
QUR'AN

ILKHANID IRAN, 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY WITH LATER MUGHAL 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS

Price Realised GBP 16,250
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GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000
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QUR'AN

ILKHANID IRAN, 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY WITH LATER MUGHAL 17TH CENTURY ADDITIONS

Price Realised GBP 16,250
Price Realised GBP 16,250
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Arabic manuscript on paper, 312ff., plus eight flyleaves, 15ll. of elegant black naskh to the page within cloudbands on gold ground, with gold and polychrome verse markers, sura headings in gold thuluth within cartouche, text within gold and black rules, with marginal gold markers, catchwords, opening illuminated bifolio, preceded by bifolio with double shamsas, last leaf with illuminated roundel containing text in gold thuluth, first four folios and the folio following sura al-nasr later replacements, later added prayers at end, remargined, in gilt stamped morocco

Text panel 6 x 378in. (15.3 x 10cm.); folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 17.8cm.)
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