A MINIATURE QUR`AN

Lot 84
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 84 | A MINIATURE QUR'AN
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A MINIATURE QUR'AN

SIGNED ZAYN AL-'ABIDIN, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1231/1815-6 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 256ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of black ghubari, sura headings in gold thuluth reserved against blue or red field illuminated panels, gold roundel verse markers, the text within gold and black rules with a pendant medallion in the corners containing the name of the sura, illuminated marginal medallions in gold thuluth marking divisions, catchwords, opening bifolium with prayers in gold thuluth reserved against blue cusped medallion against gold floral ground, second bifolio with 6ll. of black ghubari gold and polychrome illuminated borders, closing bifolium similar to opening one, with two du'as and signed and dated colophon, in contemporaneous Qajar lacquer binding

Text panel 2 7/8 x 1 ½in. (7.2 x 3.6cm.); folio 3 ½ x 2 1/8in. (9 x 5.4cm.)

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