QUR'AN, Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper. [Copied in Mosul, ca A.H.1120 / ca 1708].
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca A.H.1120 / ca 1708
QUR'AN, Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper. [Copied in Mosul, ca A.H.1120 / ca 1708]. 12mo (166 x 110 mm). 294 leaves, 15ll. of text within gold and red and black rule borders, marginal gold and polychrome palmettes, sura headings in blue on gilt ground, gold and polychrome divisions, ff.1v and 2r each with central round panel within wide gold and polychrome borders.
(First leaf laid down, second leaf with margins renewed, marginal repairs to last leaf, some soiling.) Contemporary red morocco Islamic binding, blind-stamped arabesques with brown calf onlays within blind-stamped borders, central brown calf onlay on fore-edge flap (some light wear, hinges reinforced, endpapers renewed); morocco folding case. Provenance: E. A. Wallis Budge (gift inscription, 9 August 1927 to:) C. J.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- red morocco Islamic binding
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 166 x 110 mm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 153919188
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.