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A miniature leaf from a much used and frail Quran originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425. The scripture contains verses from the Meccan Chapter 18, Al-Kafh (The Cave), v.15-20, which talks about standing up for the truth, being guided by God, and of the awakening of the 'youth', a metaphor for the resurrection.  

It is written in a distinctive style of script called Bihari (after the State), characterised by wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines, and thin verticals. In this case there are 17 lines of fine script, with gold 'aya' marking the verses and red diacriticals providing devotional direction. It also contains a Gold 'Allah' in line 6 of the script, best seen in image 11. The folio has a two Juz marginal roundels in red, gold and blue marking 10th and 5th verses respectively, in this case the 15th and the 20th verses. 

Because Bihar is a warm and humid province, manuscripts from there, do not generally keep well. This bi-folio has some water staining to the lower left. 

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