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Title

Miniature Qur'an

Creator

Unknown
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Files

Keywords

artists' books; Korans; miniature (size attribute); calligraphy (visual works); Islam

Description

1 volume . Naskh script. Double title page in colors. Text pages in black with gold and with gold octagonal borders. Octagon shaped miniature book. Leather-bound, worn decoration on covers, plain leather spine. Completed during the Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925? Gift of Maryam Ghatee, previously owned by the donor's grandfather who was from Shiraz, Iran.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1458863~S4

Press

[Iran?] : [publisher not identified], [18--?]

Rights

©[Iran?] : [publisher not identified], [18--?]

Materials / Techniques

leather; paper

Measurements

4.6 x 4.6 cm