Title: Single Qur’aan Leaf
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Date: 895H | 1490 CE
Script: Bihari
Size: 10.66 X 15.24
Folios: 1 Fol.
Description: 15 lines per page Oriental Paper | Black ink with instances of “Allah” written in gold ink. | Illuminated rosettes between Ayaat; Borders in blue & red lines | Illuminated vignette in margins, surah headings in white on gold panels. Ta’qeebaat (catchwords) on verso |
Incipit: أو ليأتي بسلطان مبين ;
Explicit: واني مرسلة اليهم بهدية
Provenance: Part of a Qur’an that was sold in individual pages by the antiquarian. A similar group of 8 folios of a 16th Century Bihari Qur’an sold at Christie’s on 23 April, 2013 (Sale #8655, Lot 23) for $1,950.
Accession #: Ms.025f