AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ISMA'IL AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1094 AH/1682-83 AD
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ISMA'IL AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1094 AH/1682-83 AD
Arabic manuscript on gold speckled paper, 201 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 18 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black and gold, verses separated by gold roundels, surah headings in gold rounded cursive, f.1b and 2a with a polychrome and gold illuminated frontispiece, in brown leather binding decorated with gilt interlacing palmettes
18.3 by 11cm.