INDIAN QUR'AN SECTION, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY "Qur’an XXII. S...

Hammer

£1,950

INDIAN QUR'AN SECTION,
INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

"Qur’an XXII. Sura al-Hajj vv.67(part) to vv.73
Qur’an XXIII. Sura al- Muminun v.14 to v 21,vv.37 to 71, v.82 to v.92, vv.104 to vv118
Qur’an XXIV. Sura al-Nour vv.43 to v.50
Qur’an XXV. Sura al- Furqan v.4 to v.10, v.19 to v.35, v.43 to v.50

Arabic manuscript on paper,13folios,
7lines of black muhaqqaq script, punctuation in red, lobbed gold roundels between verses outlined, text outlined with thin red and blue rules, one surah heading in gold thuluth script, set within gold and multicoloured rectangular cartouche, marginal notes in black and red, Arabic numerals at the bottom, later Latin numerals at the top right, significant verses in gold.

Folio 37 x 28cm
Provenance: Christie’s