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Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic Empire—14th century [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 260; 35 x 24.5 cm.; written surface 24.5 x 17.5 cm.; 13 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with full vowel signs; headings in gold; with illuminations.
• Gilt medallions in margin to mark divisions. First two folios are elaborately illuminated in gold and color. On page after the last Sūrah is a prayer. MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; blind stamped and tooling on cover and flap. Probably from XlVth century.

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