Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 21

FEUILLET D'UN CORAN BIHARI, AGRANDIE

Estimate :
Subscribers only

SULTANATE INDIA, 15th CENTURY Sura XCII (Al-ayl - Night), v. 19- Sura XCVI (Iqra' or Al-'alaq, the Blood Clot or Adhesion), v. 2. Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 lines per page, in bihari, black and gold ink, vocalization in red, framed in gold, red and blue fillets. Sura titles in gold between two cartouches with red floral decoration on orange background, and blue and gold marginal medallion. Margins added. Old tears and restoration, wear. Text size: 31 x 18 cm; enlarged page: 48.5 x 33 cm.