Artists' Books

Miniature Qur'an

Miniature Qur'an

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Special Collections, Rhode Island School of Design
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design

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.