CORAN MINIATURE
IRAN, QAJAR ART, 19th CENTURY
Arabic manuscript in black and red ink on paper, 243 ff. plus 3 endpapers, 19 ll. per page in naskh within a gold and blue frame. Sura titles in gold in illuminated cartouches, recalled in fleurons at the spandrels. Marginal medallions illuminated in polychrome and gold. Illuminated opening double-page. Bound in papier-mâché and lacquer, signature and date probably added on the first cover.
Size: 7.5 x 3.9 cm (text); 9.5 x 5.8 cm (page).
Restoration.
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