AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF SURAS FROM THE QUR'AN, PERSIA, PROBABLY HERAT, 16TH CENTURY

text: sura yasin (xxxvi), surat al-fath (xlviii), surat al-waqi'ah (lvi), surat al-mulk (lxvii), surat al-naba' (lxxviii)
Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, 21 leaves, 9 lines per page, first and last lines written in gold rayhani script, middle line written in red thuluth script, intervening lines written in small, neat black naskhi script, gold discs between verses, each page with four lateral panels containing illuminated devices within the text area, margins ruled in colours and gold, sura headings marked with illuminated panels, modern red leather binding

Good condition, crisp pages with no nibbles, gold is bright and script is legible, some staining, as viewed
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The illumination in this neat manuscript of extracts from the Qur'an is in the Herati style of the second half of the 16th century.