Qur'an, Iran qâjâr, 1836, signed Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani
Manuscript on paper of 18 lines of text in naskhi Arabic in black ink, the Persian interlinear translation in nasta'liq in red ink. The text is introduced by a double-frontispiece in unwâns, richly illuminated in gold and polychrome, punctuated by mantling and medallions in esses on a floral background. Sura titles inscribed in red in illuminated cartouches on a gold background and verses separated by small gold discs. Several illuminated floral medallions in the margins indicate the divisions of the text. At the end of the manuscript, colophon inscribed in red ink in reserves on a gold background, giving the name of the copyist Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani and the date 1252 H / 1836. Ottoman flap binding, in black morocco with stamped and gilded decoration of a net of sebka-type fleurons. Ex-libris Ludovic Froissart (d. 1977). Page edges painted with gold floral decoration.
Binding size: 14.9 x 9 cm
Small stains and folds, slight restorations, foreign binding with some wear.

Provenance : 
de Baecque sale, Paris, December 18, 2020, lot 475.
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Lot no. 152

Qur'an, Iran qâjâr, 1836, signed Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani Manuscript on paper of 18 lines of text in naskhi Arabic in black ink, the Persian interlinear translation in nasta'liq in red ink. The text is introduced by a double-frontispiece in unwâns, richly illuminated in gold and polychrome, punctuated by mantling and medallions in esses on a floral background. Sura titles inscribed in red in illuminated cartouches on a gold background and verses separated by small gold discs. Several illuminated floral medallions in the margins indicate the divisions of the text. At the end of the manuscript, colophon inscribed in red ink in reserves on a gold background, giving the name of the copyist Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani and the date 1252 H / 1836. Ottoman flap binding, in black morocco with stamped and gilded decoration of a net of sebka-type fleurons. Ex-libris Ludovic Froissart (d. 1977). Page edges painted with gold floral decoration. Binding size: 14.9 x 9 cm Small stains and folds, slight restorations, foreign binding with some wear. Provenance : de Baecque sale, Paris, December 18, 2020, lot 475.

Estimate
€2,000 - €3,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
Qur'an, Iran qâjâr, 1836, signed Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani Manuscript on paper of 18 lines of text in naskhi Arabic in black ink, the Persian interlinear translation in nasta'liq in red ink. The text is introduced by a double-frontispiece in unwâns, richly illuminated in gold and polychrome, punctuated by mantling and medallions in esses on a floral background. Sura titles inscribed in red in illuminated cartouches on a gold background and verses separated by small gold discs. Several illuminated floral medallions in the margins indicate the divisions of the text. At the end of the manuscript, colophon inscribed in red ink in reserves on a gold background, giving the name of the copyist Mohammad Reza Golba Yagani and the date 1252 H / 1836. Ottoman flap binding, in black morocco with stamped and gilded decoration of a net of sebka-type fleurons. Ex-libris Ludovic Froissart (d. 1977). Page edges painted with gold floral decoration. Binding size: 14.9 x 9 cm Small stains and folds, slight restorations, foreign binding with some wear. Provenance : de Baecque sale, Paris, December 18, 2020, lot 475.
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