Bookbinding of the Juz' 2 of the Qur'an (CBL Is 1490A)

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Bookbinding of the Juz' 2 of the Qur'an (CBL Is 1490A)

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Bookbinding of the Juz' 2 of the Qur'an. Leather binding with gold panel-stamped design of central lobed medallion with spiralling floral scrollwork, and with quarter-medallions repeated in the corners, and (inside the book cover) colourful filigree doublure with central medallion of interlocking lobed quatrefoils. Iran, 15th century. Chester Beatty Library Is 1490A

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1450
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Chester Beatty, Dublin
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