AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, SAFAVID PERSIA, SIGNED AlA'-DIN MUHAMMED IBN SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMED AL-HAFIZ AL-TABRIZI AND DATED SHA'BAN 981 AH/1573 AD AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, SAFAVID PERSIA, SIGNED AlA'-DIN MUHAMMED IBN SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMED AL-HAFIZ AL-TABRIZI AND DATED SHA'BAN 981 AH/1573 AD AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, SAFAVID PERSIA, SIGNED AlA'-DIN MUHAMMED IBN SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMED AL-HAFIZ AL-TABRIZI AND DATED SHA'BAN 981 AH/1573 AD AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, SAFAVID PERSIA, SIGNED AlA'-DIN MUHAMMED IBN SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMED AL-HAFIZ AL-TABRIZI AND DATED SHA'BAN 981 AH/1573 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, SAFAVID PERSIA, SIGNED AlA'-DIN MUHAMMED IBN SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMED AL-HAFIZ AL-TABRIZI AND DATED SHA'BAN 981 AH/1573 AD

Reference: ART3005894

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each folio with 9 lines, written in black naskh script, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black and pointed by blue dots, surah headings in blue thuluth script on gold floral decorated ground, text within blue and black-ruled gold frames, occasional marginal markers in red ink indicating "the Khums and Ashur", diacritics and vowels in red, marginal notes in red and black ink, two opening pages with text panels of 7 lines reserved in clouds with gold, red and blue decoration.
In gilt black morocco binding with gilt floral decoration, with flap.
Text: 6 by 7.5 cm.
Folio: 10 by 13.5 cm.