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Qurʼān - Persian manuscript

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Qurʼān - Persian manuscript

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Manuscript.
Arabic and Persian.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written by Aḥmad al-Nayrīzī.
Written in Iran.
Paper; thin, cream color polished paper with no watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, black, blue and red; fol. 1b and 2a have gold floral design in borders; in remainder of the work, the text is enclosed in an elaborate ruled border of blue, gold, red and blue; the text has an interlinear Persian translation in red ink from the beginning to the end of Sūrat al-Baqarah, 278; verses separated by gold medallions; black ink; catchwords.
Naskh; 12 lines in written area 25 x 13.5 cm.
Fol. 1b-336b.
Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, M132.
Binding is black laquer with orangish gold floral designs; border around center panel contains Qur'anic verses.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Explicit/Colophon: حرره الداعي لابود الدولة القاهرة الماهرة احمد النيريزي في 1120.

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Date

01/01/1708
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washington dc
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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