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Qur'an - Herat - Timurid - AD1460.  This manuscript leaf from a Koran scribed shortly after Shah Rukh’s reign at a time of great political turmoil. It was relatively small for ease of carriage, thus was most likely for private use. 

The leaf if from the last verses of the Meccan Chapter 53 An-Najm (The Stars) v.30-41, verses which emphasise God's knowledge of those who are virtuous, and that his knowledge  extends throughout the whole human life, including inception.  It covers the parable of the one who returned to disbelief and that fact that they will be judged only on what they endeavoured towards. the believer will be rewarded. The disbeliever will receive no reward.  

The leaf contains 13 lines of evenly spaced and elegant Naskhi script in black ink.  Multiple free-hand 'aya' in a simple gold spiral mark out the  verses on the leaf. The leaf has a three marginals (Juz), two in blue, representing the 30th and 40th verses of the Chapter and one on Gold marking the 35th verse. Diacritical advisory script marks in red providing the reader with devotional guidance. The leaf is fully framed in gold and blue lines. 

There is devotional use staining bottom right through page turning, and a little smidgen on the bottom line of scripture, but otherwise this is a good clean copy and very well preserved for its age dating from around the time of the fall of Constantinople to Islam in 1453.  

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