| Object Number | NEP29 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arabic |
| Provenience | Iran |
| Date Made | 1000-1756 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Paper | Ink | Lacquer |
| Iconography | Koran |
| Description | Arabic Koran. Size 12.5 x 8.5 in and 9.5 x 6 in. Folios 294. Written in late mediocre Naskhi. 14 lines to a page. Well decorated. 6 immams. Gold and colors ruled margins. Gold titles. Cream colored paper. Handsome lacquer binding ornamented with flowers. Contents: complete text of koran. Notes : f49a: there is mentioned in margin 1170 A.D. = 1756 A.D. f293b: a Muslim prayer in Persian, of the Shia (Shiites) sect. Consequently this copy of the Koran was written by a Persian calligrapher, in Persia, and before 1756 A.D. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Dimitri Andalaft, 1921 |
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