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A small illuminated Qur'an North India, 17th Century

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A small illuminated Qur'an North India, 17th Century

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A small illuminated Qur'an
North India, 17th Century
Arabic manuscript on thin paper, approximately 550 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, on a gold ground, inner margins ruled in black and gold, double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, followed by illuminated headpiece on f. 2b, sura headings in white naskhi within a gold panel, probably original embossed floral leather binding, doublures of gold paper onlay in lattice pattern on an orange ground
99 x 70 mm.
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