Two Miniature Qur'ans, Persia, Safavid, 15th-16th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, both 17 lines to the page written in neat miniature ghubari script in black ink, the larger with gold dots separating verses, sura headings in white against a gold ground, illuminated double page frontispiece and single page endpiece decorated in colours and gold, in a tooled gilt leather binding; the smaller Qur'an with sura headings in gold, text ruled in colours and gold, single illuminated opening page with floral decoration in blue, red and gold

The larger missing penultimate leaf, a few small losses to some of the leaf edges, frontispiece a little rubbed; the smaller with some loose leaves, nibbles and waterstains to some of the pages, as viewed.
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