Arabic manuscript on paper, laid down on later gold-sprinkled card mounts, 23 pages, comprising (in order): six leaves of calligraphic specimens in thuluth, muhaqqaq and naskhi script; 14 leaves from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in eastern kufic script, Persia, 13th Century, 18 lines to the page; 4 leaves from a manuscript of the Qur'an, Persia, 12th Century, 9 lines to the page; one leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an, 11 lines to the page, Persia, 12th Century; one leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an, Persia, 12th Century, five lines to the page album 500 x 335 mm.