(Q19298)

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al-Qurʼān.
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Arabic with Persian interlinear translation and marginal commentary
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Extent: 417 leaves : 284 x 152 mm, bound to 290 x 175 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Brown gilt-stamped leather spine attached to lacquered pasteboard boards decorated inside and out (Type III); large vegetal motif on outside covers with floriated frame; inside covers have black rectangle filled with gold flower motifs framed by wide red band also filled with gold floriated design.
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Layout: 11 long lines, with commentary in angled bands in the margins.
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Script: Written in naskh in black ink, text is pointed and vocalized; Persian interlinear translation in nastaʻliq in reddish-purple ink; commentary in the margins written in black nastaʻliq; pointed.
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Decoration: Polychrome using black, red, gold, blue, and white. Dual page illuminations of gold, blue, red, and white on first opening (f. 1v-2r), middle opening (f. 189v-190 r) and last opening (f. 416v-417r) with text in cloudbands. On all other pages, textblock is rule-bordered (blue, gold, red) and the page has a narrow, black frame to contain the commentary. The letter ʻayn in red and...
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Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
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Provenance: Appears in the Henry Young and Sons' Catalogue of Books (n.d.), no. 292 (advertisement inserted before the last flyleaf).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside front cover).
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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