An exceptional illuminated Qur'an, Kashmir, North India, dated 1222AH (1807)

Arabic manuscript on paper, xxff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script, the pre-text bifolio with gold circles to the folio, each containing pre-recitation prayers within scrolling flowerheads, the left hand circle dated 1222AH (1807), subsequent folio with library stamp dated 1223, the opening, the final, and six further bifolios at chapter headings with elaborate gold and polychrome illumination in eight-pointed stars enveloping the text, the rest within floral scrolling borders and horizontal gold bands, red vocalisation marks, black diacritic marks, gold circular verse markers, the word Allah in red, catchwords, marginal notes in Persian nasta’liq script, other marginal marks in gold and polychromes, red edges, in Kashmiri lacquer binding, the exteriors with a profusion of flowers and foliage, the interiors each with a flowering tree in the ‘mille fleurs’ style against oxblood ground, the folio 18.7cm x 11.7cm, the text panel 12.5cm x 7.2cm.

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