SAFAVID QUR'AN

细节
SAFAVID QUR'AN
PERSIA, CIRCA 1580

MANUSCRIPT ON POLISHED CREAM PAPER, 346FF. PLUS TWO FLYLEAVES, EACH WITH 12LL. STRONG BLACK NASKH, PUNCTUATION IN RED, WITH GOLD, BLACK AND BLUE ROUNDELS BETWEEN VERSES, GOLD MARGIN BETWEEN BLACK RULES, INNER RED AND OUTER BLUE RULES, THE MARGINAL ROUNDELS SIMILAR WITH FLORAL CENTRES, OTHER TEXTUAL DIVISIONS NOTED MARGINALLY IN GOLD, SMALL MARGINAL NOTES IN BLACK AND RED, UPPER CORNER WITH CURRENT SURA TITLE ADDED LATER, SURA HEADINGS IN WHITE NASHK ON GOLD CARTOUCHES WITH POLYCHROME FLORAL ILLUMINATION WITHIN BLUE ILLUMINATED PANELS, (SLIGHTLY TRIMMED, LOWER CORNERS SLIGHTLY SCUFFED AND DISCOLOURED, VERY SMALL REPAIRS TO EDGES), FINELY ILLUMINATED OPENING BIFOLIO WITH TEXT OF OPENING TWO SURAS WITHIN ELABORATE PANELLED BORDERS, (SLIGHT LOSS OF BLUE AND DAMAGE TO EDGES), F.1R. WITH SIMILAR FINELY ILLUMINATED SHAMSA, FINAL TWO FOLIOS WITH COUPLETS ABOUT EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET, IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK MOROCCO BINDING, WITH GOLD STAMPED CENTRAL ARABESQUE PANEL WITHIN BORDER OF SIMILAR CARTOUCHES, (DISCOLOURED GOLD) THE DOUBLURES WITH SIMILAR DESIGNS AROUND DECOUPé MEDALLION, SPANDRELS AND BORDER CARTOUCHES (VERY SLIGHT DAMAGES)
FOLIO 11 5/8 X 8¼IN. (29.6 X 20.9CM.)
TEXT 7 1/16 X 4 1/16IN. (17.9 X 10.4CM.)