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 27 leaves : 238 x 162 (137 x 85) mm, bound to 245 x 170 mm 8 long lines. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Polychrome (blue, green) and gold illuminated headpiece (f. 1v). Textblock is border-ruled in gold. Text divisions marked in gold in the margin. Sūrah titles in gold ink. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Illuminated headpiece

Brown-black leather with flap; blind-stamped central mardorla with gold tooled outline, blind tooled frame with mostly effaced gold tooled frame rule, three gold tooled points in the middle of each side along the frame. Flap has coordinating stamped and tooled decoration. Thin red leather doublure.

Item is undated. Probably copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.

between 1750 and 1850? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Manuscripts, Arabic Qurʼans Codices Illuminations Full covers Islamic bindings (Binding) Envelope flaps (features) Blind tooled (decoration) Manuscripts