Iran, Herat, 16th century
Arabic manuscript on paper. 15 ll. per page, inscribed in juxtaposed registers, 3 ll. in gilt thuluth, alternating with 6 ll. in naskh, gilt rosettes, the naskh panels flanked by illuminated cartouches, framed with gold fillet, illuminated marginal medallions inscribed in kufic of the khams and 'ashr, the hizb. Stains, spotting. Unbound.
Text: 22.1 x 14.2 cm; Page: 34 x 24 cm
These folios have been acquired separately in several public sales, for example: Piasa, Archéologie, Orientalisme, Arts d'Orient, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 June 2003, lot 286.
Sura al-Tawba (9), vv. 59-73 ; Sura Hud (11), vv. part 64-88 ; Sura al-Nahl (16), vv. 66-83 ; Sura al-Isra (17), vv. part 18-42 ; Sura al-Kahf (18), vv. part 21-87 ; Sura al-Furqan (25), vv. 44-72 . Surah Fatir (35), vv. 11-35; Surah Yasin (36), vv. 11-81; Surah Fussilat (41), vv. 29-50; Surah Az-zukhruf (43), vv. 3-54; Surah al-Qamar (54), vv. 6-52. For more information on this Qur'an, see: David James, After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries. The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Oxford University Press, London, 1992, no. 25.
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