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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Ancient Manuscript Review 16 : Antique Persian Quran ( 1099 AH)



This is an old Persian handwritten Quran. The first 2 pages are decorated with gold water. Most pages have gold discs and notes in Farsi on the outer margin. This Quran is dated 1099 AH ( 1688 CE). This Quran is complete however most pages are water stained.

Manuscript Specs

Item : A Handwritten Persian Quran
Content : A complete Quran
Dim : 9.5" x 6" x 2"
Date : 1099 AH( 1688 CE)
Copyist : indecipherable
Origin : Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan
Calligraphy : Naskh
Design : Text written in Naskh script on crispy paper with vowel & diacritical signs in black and red. 12 lines per page. First 2 pages were decorated with beautiful floral motive gold water. Leather cover was not original.
Purchased Price :USD

1 comment:

  1. Мне тоже тоже такой же копия имеется.. ну там есть свои печати и информационные данные

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