Calligraphic scroll containing excerpts from the Qur'an.

[QUR'ANIC SCROLL].

Verlag: Early Qajar Persia circa AD, 1800

Single scroll formed of 8 membranes, illuminated manuscript in Arabic, containing excerpts from the Qur'an, complete, 4200 x 80 mm; text arranged in multiple columns and sections often forming geometric patterns or calligraphic compositions, in black ghubari script with important sections in red, opening of scroll with illuminated head-piece (darkened, a little chipped and early repair in sellotape), many sections outlined in gold, margins ruled in gold and blue throughout, a few small chips to outer edges of scroll, rarely affecting text, a few ink stains and smudges, seal stamps to foot of scroll, housed in mid-twentieth-century tin (?) tube with type-script label. An attractive calligraphic Qur'anic scroll containing excerpts from the Holy text in stylised forms forming geometric patterns and calligraphic compositions. The seal impression at the foot of the manuscript is dated 1217 AH (1802 AD), which firmly places the manuscript right at the beginning of the 19th century, circa 1800 AD, making it a very early example of Qajar manuscript production. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 106530

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Titel: Calligraphic scroll containing excerpts from...
Verlag: Early Qajar Persia circa AD
Erscheinungsdatum: 1800