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Koran - Persia - 1559 - Tabriz. A high quality Quranic bi-folio scribed in 1559 by Muhammed inn Muhammad Hasan, with a single Chapter headings and multiple decorative marginal Juz, marking the sub-division of the Qur'an verses. Multiple frame lines enclose the scripture. The left folio is unusual in that the scribe has had to add verses 18-21 of the parable of Hud to the left margin and enclose this within an adjusted frame. See image 18h. 

The right folio contains the final verses of the Meccan Chapter 53, an-Najm (The Stars) and the header of the Chapter 52, At-Tur (Mount Our).  Illuminated roundels in gold and red the margin mark verses 50, 55 and 60 of the Chapter. The left folio contains the first 17 verses of the Meccan Chapter 54 Al-Qamar (The Moon), with marginals at the 5th, 10th and 15th verses.  

These folios describe how it is God only who has it in his power the ability to resurrect having warned the disbelievers that the hour of reckoning is fast approaching. Warnings are given to Arab pagans and Meccan deniers equally and recounts the parable of Noa who recanted and sought God's help resulting in the Ark and the cleansing of the disbelievers. 

When held up to the light there is some thinning to the paper lower left and right, but this stable and does not detract from the quality of the manuscript which is a fine example over 475 years old. 

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