Detail of marginal device. Large leaf from a Qur'an on burnished laid paper. Sultintate India, c. 1425. Written in an elegant large bihari script in black ink. The word Allah is picked out in gold. Single verse divisions are marked with illuminated gold florets. This leaf contains an illuminated blue, red and gold marginal device. The colors are backed with gold leaf and give it a metallic enamel-like (especially the reds) look and when lighted on a slight angle, the gold reflects brightly.
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