Title: A Two-volume Qur’an
Date: 15th century
Location: India
Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on paper; modern binding
Dimensions: 306 & 311 folios; 32.2 x 23cm
Accession Number: QUR 237
Script:
main text copied in bihari script, Persian translation in naskh; 13 lines to the page
Bibliography:
D. James, After Timur. Qur’ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume III, London 1992, cat.28, pp.104, 106–7.
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.177, p.152.
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