Timurid manuscript Qur'an.

[Qur'an].

Verlag: [West Asia, ca. 1400 / 14-15th century CE].

Beschreibung

8vo (174 x 128 mm). 302 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 lines in an elegant Naskh script ruled in gilt and blue, decorated with gold, blue, and red floral medallions throughout. First two pages illuminated with elaborate borders in royal blue, deep blue, gold, black and red. Contemporary red leather with floral device blindstamp, rebacked. A lovely and uncommonly early Qur'an written in an elegant hand, with a double-page illuminated 'unwan in shades of blue and gold with elaborate floral and geometric designs. Divisions in the text are marked with gilt floral medallions, and some headings are picked out in gilt. Dating to the late 15th or early 16th centuries, this Qur'an is likely from the late Timurid period, just prior to or during the transition from one great West Asian Muslim empire to the next, with the rise of the Mughals. - Spine replaced and covers fully rebacked, tidy paper repairs without loss to text; a nice early copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 60761

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Timurid manuscript Qur'an.

Verlag: [West Asia, ca. 1400 / 14-15th century CE].

Einband: Hardcover