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QUR'AN QUR'AN
SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on burnished cream paper, 296ff., each folio with 12ll. of Arabic manuscript on paper, 262ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 15ll.
alternating black and gold muhaqqaq, chapter headings and some notation of black naskh, within gold polychrome rules, gold circle verse markers,
in red ink, text within gold and polychrome rules, gold and blue marginal catchwords, gold marginal annotations marking ashr and juz', sura headings in
medallions, sura headings in red thuluth in illuminated cartouches, opening red and white thuluth on illuminated gold cartouches, opening bifolio with gold
bifolio with dense gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text, in and polychrome illumination framing 7ll. of text in clouds against floral gold
original tooled and stamped gilt bindings with remains of decoupé medallions ground, first and last flyleaves with gold stenciled floral decoration, binding
and spandrels and calligraphic frame, in fragile condition lacking
Text panel 10¬ x 6æin. (26.9 x 17cm.); folio 13q x 10¿in. (34.4 x 25.7cm.) Text panel 10º x 5æin. (26.1 x 14.8cm.); folio 15¿ x 10qin. (38.3 x 26.7cm.)
£4,000-6,000 US$4,600-6,900 £8,000-12,000 US$9,200-14,000
€4,600-6,800 €9,200-14,000

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York

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