[QUR'AN].
Leaf from a fine Timurid Qur'an,
Leaf from a fine Timurid Qur'an,
attributed to the Qur'an of Ibrahim Sultan bin Shah Rukh.
Stock Code 110135
Timurid Persia, c. 1430 AD.
Single folio from an Important Timurid Qur'an, in Arabic, single column, 11 lines fine black thuluth script, some vocalisation in red and yellow, verses marked by gilt floral devices, surah heading in banner with text in stylised blue Eastern Kufic script set against spiralling green vines in a gilt cartouche, edges repaired, leaf a little browned; in a modern card mount. 285 x 230mm (11¼ x 9 inches).
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