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laid paper

 241 leaves: 156 x 98 (103 x 51) mm bound to 160 x 100 x 30 mm Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. 14 ruled lines; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Double page illuminated opening in gold, blue, pink, orange, green with text on cloudbands; margin fill of yellow and orange flowers with gold leaves. Textblock of the rest of the pages is gold-sprinkled with gold rules between each line and around the outside. Page opening is framed in a gold rule. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Sūrah headings and text divisions written in gold ink. Readings and some marginal comments in red. Library note in English Dual page illumination Dual page illumination

Bound in dark brown leather with gilt stamped central diamond-shaped medallion and floral border. Purple and black marbled paper doublure.

Copy completed on 4 Rajab 1091 by Muḥammad al-Isfahānī (f. 240r), possibly in Iran.

1680 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Customs stamp dated 1312 (f. 1r, 240v). Manuscripts, Arabic Codices Qurʼans Illuminations Full covers Trough-marbled paper Manuscripts Early works to 1800