Antique Handwritten Illuminated Qur'an #1 - Indonesia - 17th Or 18th Century AD

 

- an antique Qur'an from Indonesia
- handwritten with illumination in  gold and colours
- estimated to be 300 - 400 years old
- written on 'daluang papers' which was popular in 17th century Indonesia and widely used by scholars in 'pesantren' (daluang papers were manufactured from the bark of native saeh tree)
- complete 30 ajza/chapters with no missing pages
- contains 400 leaves and 800 pages
- gold frames on every written page
- text is vocalised, verses are separated by red circles, headings of surahs are in red ink
- 12 lines to a page in clear large naskhi script
- Qur'an size is 21.3cm x 16cm
- written surface is 16.3cm x 9.4cm
- covers are embossed in central medallion with a flap bearing the phrase "la yamassahu illa al-mutaharrun" (not to be touched except by the purified)