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non-European laid paper

 iv, 392, iii leaves : 242 x 152 (163 x 93) mm, bound to 248 x 160 mm Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left; sūrah title in red every recto, upper left. 22 gold-ruled lines alternating full and half height with Arabic in the full height and Persian in the half-height. Central line of each page in gold display script. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized with translation in nastaʻlīq in red ink; pointed. Central line of each page in muḥaqqaq in gold ink; pointed, vocalized. Double-page polychrome (chiefly blue, pink, red) and gold illuminated opening (f. 1v-2r). Illuminated sūrah headings in red ink on gold cartouche framed in many different polychrome patterns; marginal text division markers in gold pointed medallion shape with a blue finial surrounded by bright, multi-colored flames. Verse endings marked by four petal rosette with a green center, red and blue highlights. Textblock border-ruled in black, gold, blue; page-opening framed in a thin, gold rule. Lines of text are ruled in gold with the first letters of each line, and the central line of the page written in gold. Readings in red. Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Example of polychrome text division marker Polychrome text division marker Polychrome sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated divider Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated divider Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Illuminated fill Sūrah heading Sūrah heading Owner notations and stamps

Lacquered cover of painted floral arrangement on copper-orange ground with black and dark red floral frames; doublures of gold scrolls and flowers on red ground with narrow dark red frame of floral motifs.

Copy completed in Ramaḍān 1140 AH (1728 CE) by Muḥammad Muḥsin al-Iṣfahānī (f. 392r), probably in Iran.

1728 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Customs stamp solar dated 1310/1932 (f. 1r, 392v). Owner's stamp in triplicate, possibly dated 1318/1900-01 (f. 392r). Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts, Persian Qurʼans Codices Illuminations Lacquered bindings (Binding) Painted (decoration) Stamps (Provenance) Manuscripts Early works to 1800