£15,000 - £20,000
A SAFAVID TINY QUR’AN,
FIRST QUARTER OF 16TH CENTURY ( 916AH-1510AD),
BY QIYASADDIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD HUSAYN AL-HAFIZ AL-SABZAVARI,
SAFAVID, IRAN Arabic manuscript on paper, 12ll. of black naskh to the page, verses separated with gold roundels, text outlined with gold, black and blue, marginal notes in gold ( nisf,hizb,khamsah) and red ayns, illuminated opening bifolio in gold and polychrome, sura headings in gold naskh, colophon dated and signed, in later tooled brown Morocco binding,
Text panel 5 x 3 cm
Folio 8,8 x 6,8 cm
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