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color illustrations mounted on card

 2 leaves : 247 x 150 mm Written in nastaʻlīq in white ink; pointed. Two full-page, polychrome illustrations with blue finials, border and frame rules in gold and black. Illustration: Abraham sacrificing his son Illustration: Joseph being thrown in a well

The items are undated, but probably produced in the late 19th or early 20th century.

1850?-1950? Iran? Gift of Harry G. Friedman, Oct. 12, 1962. Qurʼan stories--Illustrations Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Miniatures (paintings) Paintings (visual works)