Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 340
he full pages at the beginning and endpresent some fine arabesques, but none of the designs approachin delicacy those of the first Koran described above. The coloursare again laid over gold. In the South Kensington Museum are the first two pages of amagnificent Koran, belonging to the fourteenth… … FIG. I04.—ILLUMINATED KORAN OF SULTAN SHAbAN. Fourteenth Century. {Viceregal Library, Cairo.) 304 ART OF THE SARACENS. border is of gold arabesque scroll-work on a blue ground, withhere and there a red flower-like ornament. In the same Museumare a pair of fine leather boards, forming the binding of…
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