Islamic manuscript - Lot 63

Lot 63
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Islamic manuscript - Lot 63
Islamic manuscript 23 x 15.5 cm. 103 leaves. 7 lines per page. Selection of richly colored Suras from the Qur'an, on colored paper highlighted with gold flakes (each page a different color), cursive script in black ink, with diacritical marks and black vowels. Gold discs separate the verses, gold fillets adorn the entire text, the inner margins are decorated with red, blue and gold fillets, and key words appear in the wide outer margins. A frontispiece illuminated in color and gold is preceded by a rectangular illuminated panel richly decorated with floral motifs. The last folio features a color drawing of a rose bush. Ownership inscriptions and seal impressions. Bound in red morocco with central and border panels embossed in gilt leather inlaid with raised floral motifs and inscriptions. Lining decorated with bouquets of flowers in the Kashmiri style. Probably Kashmir, 19th century (1866?).
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