Lot 127 A SULTANATE ILLUMINATED QURAN, NORTH INDIA, 16TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3006181
A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. written in black bihari script, the word 'Allah' picked out in gold.
First, 9th and last line written in gold script outline in black ink, gold rosette verse roundels pointed by blue dots, six pages with text reserved in clouds with gold, red and blue decoration. Sura headings with the numbers of the verses in gold thuluth script on polychrome illuminated panels, text panels within blue, red and gold rules, the margins with occasional blue, red and black bihari notes. Polychrome and gold marginal medallions indicating ‘Juz’ and Hezb’ and other divisions.
In later tooled red morocco binding.
Text: 8.5 by 14 cm.
Folio: 13 by 21 cm.