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Lot 16•,R
An illuminated Qur'an Afsharid Persia, mid-18th Century
23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an
Afsharid Persia, mid-18th Century
Afsharid Persia, mid-18th Century
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 276 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels marking verse-endings, Persian interlinear translation written in small nasta'liq script in red ink, interlinear rules and inner margins ruled in gold, sura headings in riqa' script in red on a gold ground, extensive marginal commentaries in Persian in shikasteh, one illuminated double-page frontispiece, Qajar floral lacquer binding
195 x 115 mm.
195 x 115 mm.
Footnotes
The marginal Persian commentaries in shikasteh include the benefits of reciting different chapters. Sura headings are in red riqa' on a gold panel; every fifth and tenth verse is marked with either the words khamsah or 'ashar, or the letters kha and 'ayn in gold. Hizb, juz' and sajdah markers are in gold riqa'.
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