ILLUMINATED LEAF

Manuscript Koran Leaf

      1470 1470 - ILLUMINATED LEAF. Manuscript Koran Leaf. Bihar, India, circa 1470. 12mo, single sheet of handmade paper (4-1/2 by 6 inches), written on both recto and verso, and illuminated in black, gold, red, green and blue inks; frame measures 13 by 16 inches. $1500. Lovely leaf from an Indian Koran, scribed in the late 15th century in 15 lines of elegant bihari script, handsomely framed in silk matting, gold filet and gilt moulding. This particular leaf is a superb example from its period, likely to have been owned by an important lay person or an Imam. Scribed in 15 lines of elegant bihari script, with gold roundels to mark verse endings, the name "Allah" scribed in gilt throughout, inner and outer borders ruled in red and blue, and with superb illuminated medallions in the margins, recto and verso. Near-fine condition, with only a few faint marks of handling, handsomely framed. [Attributes: Hard Cover]