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A LARGE ILLUMINATED QURAN, SULTANATE INDIA, LATE 15TH EARLY-16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003171

Arabic manuscript on cream-colored thin paper, 630 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in large and dispersed bihari script, first, seventh and thirteenth lines on each page written in red ink. Remaining lines written in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, the work Allah and some other significant words picked out in red, gold rosettes decorated with blue and red dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and red, catchwords, circular and pear-shaped devices in predominantly red, yellow and white colored panels between surahs left blank, two double pages of illumination at beginning and end with outer borders decorated with intertwining stylized floral and vegetal motifs interspersed with gold lozenges. 31 by 18 cm.