Qur'an leaf from Iran, 1400's

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"QUR'AN, TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Manuscript on cream paper 256ff. with 16ll. of clear black naskh with notation in red and gold verse markers, blue and gold margins, sura headings in white thuluth in cartouches of gold ground with spiralling arabesques, within rectangular frame of blue ground with gold tendrils issuing polychrome flowerheads, 'ashra markers with orange kufic within gold and blue roundel, cartouche every fifth verse, juz' divisions in gold lozenges with white thuluth, very fine double page illumination with surat al-fatiha and the beginning of surat al-baqara, each with 7ll. of black naskh in clouds reserved on gold ground, each flanked by side panels with gold and polychrome floral arabesque, titles in white thuluth in gold cartouches, blue ground, gold and black frame, blue borders with finely painted gold tendrils issuing gold and polychrome palmettes and split palmettes, large gold marginal palmettes, later red and gold morocco binding with flap, tooled with inlaid doublures, slightly trimmed, frontispiece slightly rubbed, otherwise good condition.."