Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 342
lity of representing more thana quarter of each page. The designs are, however, sufficientlyshown even in this mutilated form, and perfect justice could notbe done to them without reproduction in the true colours andgilt. The following is the description of the chief Korans in theKhedives library,… … FIG. IO5.—ILLUMINATED KORAN OF SULTAN EL-MUAYYAD. Early Fifteenth Century. [ViceregalLibrary, Cairo.) 306 ART OF THE SARACEXS. in 730 of the Higra. It is written entirely in gilded characters,and there is also a second copy of a similar description. Severalother Korans date from the reign of Sultan…
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