TWO QUR'AN SECTIONS IN ONE VOLUME, PERSIA, TIMURID, CIRCA 1420-40

text: juz' 12 and juz' 17
Arabic manuscript on paper, 54 leaves, 7 lines per page written in neat naskhi script in black ink on cream paper, gold florets between verses, sura headings written in gold thuluth script on panels decorated with red cross-hatching and floral and motifs and cloud scrolls in reserve, two juz' headings of fine polychrome illumination with the juz' titles written in gold thuluth script on floral panels, remargined throughout, fine 16th century gilt-stamped binding with doublures decorated with medallions and cornerpieces of gold filigree over polychrome grounds

Good condition, clean and crisp pages, gold is bright and writing is legible, some losses and nibbles to edges of leather cover, as viewed.
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The very fine illumination of the two juz' headings is typical of the work of the Shiraz school of the second quarter of the 15th century.