A group of three leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an
Persia, 15th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, three leaves, 12 lines to the page, the fourth, eighth and twelfth lines written in bold thuluth script in black ink, the remainder written in smaller naskhi script in alternating black and red ink within a narrow panel, waterstaining and smudging throughout, framed, 235 x 164 mm.; a Safavid manuscript of poetry, 16th-17th Century, damaged, repaired, smudging and browning throughout; five leaves from a manuscript of poetry written in two columns of nasta'liq script with highly decorated borders in colours and gold, Persia, late 19th Century; a 20th C Iranian erotic watercolour
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