File:Qur'an, Safavid Iran, dated 1555-6.jpg

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English: QUR'AN

SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 963/1555-6 AD

Manuscript on paper,386ff. each with 12ll. of black naskh with red vocalization and and gold verse markers, blue and gold margins, sura headings in gold thuluth, every tenth verse, juz' and half juz' similarly marked, opening double-page illumination with surat al-fatiha and the start of surat al-baqara within gold and blue borders with gold and polychrome floral arabesque, dated, dark red morocco binding, flap loose, spine split

Folio 7¼ x 5in. (18.8 x 12.7cm.)
Date between 1555 and 1556
date QS:P,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1556-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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