A Timurid or Aqquyunlu Qur'an, Iran (gold, ink & coloured pigments on Chinese paper)

Arabic manuscript on paper, 534ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of elegant naskh on heavy coloured Chinese paper including deep blue, turquoise, pink, purple, orange, green and cream, the text within gold and blue rules, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in gold thultuh in gold ruled panels, catchwords, marginal medallions illuminated in gold, blue and white marking khams and 'ashr, juz' marked in gold thuluth, most folios gold sprinkled, some with larger specks, many folios illuminated with elegant flowers and landscapes in gold beneath the text, some later replacement folios, minor areas of staining, in stamped and gilt Safavid binding with flap.