Title: Five consecutive volumes from a multi-volume Qur’an
Date: 18th century
Location: India
Materials: 2 surah headings and verse count – very often with letter, word and ruku‘ count –in red in clouds reserved on gold ground; first two words of a juz’ in gold; gold-outlined side panels in text throughout identical bindings with flaps, of marron leather with stamped medallions and cartouches, and patterns painted in gold
Dimensions: 31.7 x 19.5 cm
Accession Number: QUR 421
Script:
text from surat Yusuf to surat Maryam; illuminated single opening and closing pages; illuminated spread marking beginning of surat al-Isra’;
text from surat Ta’-Ha’ to surat al-Qasas; illuminated single opening and closing pages; illuminated spread marking the beginning of surat al-Shu‘ara’;
text from surat al-‘ankabut to surat Sad; illuminated single opening and closing pages; illuminated spread marking the beginning of surat al-Safat;
text from surat al-Zummar to surat al-Rahman; illuminated single opening and closing pages; illuminated spread marking the beginning of surat Qaf;
ext from surat al-Waqi‘ah to surat al-Nas; illuminated single opening and double closing pages;
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