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Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—Princeton—New Jersey [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—India—16th century [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 256; 38.5 x 25 cm.; written surface 22.5 x 12 cm.; 12 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with full vowel signs; with illuminations.
• Margins decorated with medallions in gold and color. First four and last four folios are profusely illuminated with gold and color. This Koran was taken from the Royal Palace at the sack of Delhi during the Indian Mutiny. MS in fair condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; gilt stamped on cover and flap. Probably XVIth century.
• Acquired from London, A.D. 1907.

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