Central Asia, Late 14th or early 15th century.
Two leaves containing the text from Surah al-Shu'ara (XXVI:194-224), illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, each leaf c. 324 by 235 mm; single column, 13 lines of black muhaqqaq, verses marked with blue and gold rosettes, verse markers in blue and gold to the margins; in modern card mount.
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