A Qur'an, 

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A Qur'an, Qajar Iran, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 259ff., 1fl., 17ll. to the page in black naskh script, the opening bifolio with 6ll. to the page within gold cloud and ruled in red laid between two illuminated panels composed of a calligraphic lobed cartouche amidst floral scrollwork dotted in orange, yellow and pink ruled in light blue, the whole bordered in red with gold trefoils and ruled in green, wide illuminated margins with rising and hanging trefoiled palmettes outlined in orange and green against a deep blue field with polychrome flowers, trefoils and gold swaying tendrils within gold strapwork ruled in red, the main text with gold roundel verse markers, within thin double gold narrow bordered ruled in blue, marginal roundels indicating divisions, occasional marginal annotations, some scattered water staining, some smudging to last quires,

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