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Description: Left half of double frontispiece from the Qur'an manuscript commissioned by amir Arghun Shah (d. 1376) (there is an endowment certificate in his name). Unsigned and undated, produced in Cairo circa 1369-1372. Main text in muhaqqaq script, incidentals in kufic. 388 folios. Egyptian National Library, Cairo, Masahif Rasid 54, f.2r
Title: Frontispiece of the Qur'an of Arghun Shah
Credit: The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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