A Miniature Qur'an

Arabic manuscript on paper, 215ff. plus two fly leaves, each folio with 18ll. black naskh on a gold ground , sura headings in gold within gold and polychrome illuminated panels, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, the text within gold and blue rules, margins with hizb and nisf markers in sky-blue and gold palmettes, catchwords, opening bifolio with dense gold and polychrome illumination framing 5ll. of black naskh , following bifolio with marginal gold and polychrome floral illumination, contemporaneous lacquer binding

Stima:€4,727.52

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