THE OPENING BIFOLIO OF A QURANIC JUZ'
Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

THE OPENING BIFOLIO OF A QURANIC JUZ'
Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

Opening of Juz' 8, sura al-An’am (6), vv. 111 - 116, Arabic manuscript on paper, the left folio with 9ll. of black ink naskh script, the margins finely illuminated in blue, red, black, and gold, the heading in a lobed gold cartouche, the text set against illuminated scrollwork, the cartouche surrounded by a dense black ground of vegetal meanderings in red, gold circles as verse markers, diacritic marks, intonation marks in red, mounted on cream card, the text panel 20cm x 10.6cm, each folio 24cm x 15.4cm, 33.5cm x 40cm including the mount.

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Dimensions: each folio 24cm x 15.4cm, 33.5cm x 40cm including the mount