AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (IV), EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, CIRCA 1400

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (IV), EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, CIRCA 1400

surah al-‘Imran (III) v.92 to surah al-Nisa (IV) v.23

Arabic manuscript on thick pink paper, 31 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in rayhani in black ink, the word Allah in gold outlined in black, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, 1 surah heading in gold rounded cursive, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1a with a gold and polychrome heading (‘unwan), f.1b and f.2a with a polychrome and gold frame consisting of 3 lines of black rayhani against a red-etched ground, framed above and below by large thuluth in white against blue-ground within cartouches, in brown stamped and gilt binding decorated with a central roundel, the doublures with interlacing designs

28.7 by 20.4cm.