Unknown - Qur'an Manuscript - 1580

A single illuminated manuscript folio page from a 16th Century Safaivid Qur'an. This manuscript contains scripture from the final verses of the Medinian Chapter 47, Muhammad, v.15-17 in which the contrasts between the rewards of Paradise for the righteous with the punishment of hell for the disbelievers is described. It describes Paradise as a place with rivers of pure water, milk that does not change in taste, delicious wine, and pure honey, along with every kind of fruit and forgiveness from their Lord. This is contrasted with hell, where the dwellers are given boiling water to drink that "cuts up their bowels".

The scripture is in black nastaliq with simple but vibrant gold aya verse markings. An attractive large illuminated decorative marginal marks a 15th division of the Chapter. The scripture has multiple frame lines around it, including a solid gold surround The folio is in good condition for its age, with some slight thinning of the manuscript in places, only seen when holding the manuscript up to the light. .

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