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Koran
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Koran
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Persian splendour. Persian, mid 16th century. Black goatskin over paper pasteboards. Decorated with gilt-blocked panels, some of which are sunk into the boards. The doublures (the insides of the covers) are of red, green, orange and blue paper filigree, combined with gilt tooling. This sumptuous 16th-century manuscript Koran was formerly in the library of the celebrated Tipu Sultan (1750–99), ruler of Mysore. MS. Bodl. Or. 793.
Date 16th century AD
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium Inside front board
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MS. Bodl. Or. 793
Notes source filename: oulis2009-atb-0109-0.tif
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