قرآن

[Qurʼān].

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Arabic and Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Written by "Ibn ʻAlī". Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Text proceeded by 2 lithographed fragments pasted front and back; the second one, facing first page of manuscript, is lithograph of Sūrat al-fātiḥah from unidentified edition of the Qurʼān. Paper: yellowish, polished cream color laid paper with horizontal chain line and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; interlinear Persian translation in cursive Naskh; catchwords. Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15.5 x 9 cm. Folio 1b-337a; 337b-338 notes and a poem. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: black leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back, spine repaired, rebacked in tan leather.

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