AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIAN, QAJAR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003052

Arabic manuscript on paper, 255 leaves plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 15 lines of elegant black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, large gilt and polychrome floral marginal juz’ and hizb medallions, text within gold, blue, green and red rules, surah headings in blue on cartouches with gold ground, the opening four bifolia fully illuminated in gold and polychrome, f.3b and f.4a with a double-page spread of illumination consisting of a central lobed panel with gold against a gold ground with the surah listed within square starts, f.3b and f.4a with a polychrome and gold incipit frame. There is possession of Mr. Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, son of the late Mr. Mirza Jaafar Khan, dated 1299 AH/1882 AD on the last page. With black leather binding, decorated with middle designs and around the frames, added later. Text: 22 by13 cm. Folio: 31 by 19 cm.