A misbound illuminated section from a Sultanate Qur’an with verses from juz 7 and 24, India, 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 19ff., the opening bifolium is the beginning of juz 7 (surah al-Ma'idah (5), vv.82-88); the rest of the volume with extract from juz 24, with verses from surah az-Zumar (39), surah Ghafir (40) and surah Fussilat (41), 9ll. per page written in thuluth script in alternating blue and gold with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs decorated with green and red dots between verses, red cross-hatching throughout, margins ruled in blue and gold, sura headings in gold on illuminated panels, illuminated devices in margins, opening illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, badly wormed, text has been retraced in gold and blue throughout, modern blind-stamped red morocco gilt, rebacked, folio 28 x 22cm. Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970sMisbound, worming throughout, pages rebacked and restored, text has been retraced in gold and blue throughout