QUR`AN BIFOLIO

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26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1033196
Lot 99 | QUR'AN BIFOLIO
QUR'AN BIFOLIO

GOLCONDA OR POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, DECCAN, INDIA, 16TH CENTURY

Qur'an VII, sura al-A'raf, vv. 113 - 145 (part), Arabic manuscript on paper, 12ll. of black-outlined gold and cobalt-blue rayhani, gold rosette verse markers, reserved against gold cloudbands with orange interlinear rules, set within gold and polychrome borders, the margins with gold and polychrome illuminated medallions and pendants

Text panel 12 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (32 x 21.1cm.); folio 21 ¼ x 14 ¾in. (54 x 37.3cm.)

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