Saturday, September 28, 2013

Antique Handwritten Miniature Quran With Illumination - Gray Cover









- miniature Quran on vellum/parchment, with original gray cover dotted with age marks
- size is very small at 3.7 cm x 2.8 cm (1.46" x 1.1")
- 2.8 cm in thickness (1.1")
- 8 illuminated pages, 4 pages at the start and 4 pages at the end
- 120 leaves, with 238 written including illuminated pages
- 10 lines per page in black ink and red margins
- complete Quran 30 ajza (chapters) with no missing pages
- origin from middle east, exact age unknown

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