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ID 932054
Lot 27 | QUR'AN
QUR'AN

SIGNED GHIYATH AL-DIN HASAN BIN MURSHID AL-DIN MUHAMMAD AL-SHIRAZI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 19 JUMADA II AH 990/21 JULY 1582 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 358ff. each with 12ll. of black naskh, within gold and polychrome rules, gold rosette verse markers, gold and blue marginal medallions marking 'ashr, sura headings in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of blue text on gold ground, colophon signed and dated, contemporaneous binding with tooled and gilt panel, doublures with découpé medallion and spandrels on polychrome paper panels

Text panel 9 3/4 x 6 1/4in. (24.8 x 15.7cm.); folio 15 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (39.6 x 25.8cm.)





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