Iran, Herat, Safavid art, 16th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 ll. per page in naskh with black and gold ink, verses marked with gold roundels, titles of the suras in white thuluth on a gold background or gold on an azure blue background, star-shaped and almond-shaped illuminated marginal medallions. The juz' inscribed in gold in gilded thuluth, in horizontal marginal cartouches.
Text : 22 x 13.5 cm ; Page : 35 x 24 cm
Text: Sura al-Baqara (2), vv. 126-144; Sura al-Nisa (4), vv. 141-160; Sura al-Anbiya' (21), vv. 83-112 and title of Sura al-Hajj (22); Sura an-Nur (24), v. 57 to end and Sura al-Forqan (25), vv. 1-31.
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