A miniature leaf from a much used Quran originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425. It is written in a distinctive style of script called Bihari (after the State), characterised by wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines, and thin verticals. In this case there are 17 lines of fine script, with gold 'aya' marking the verses and red diacriticals providing devotional direction. The folio has a very fine 'Juz' marginal roundels in red, gold and blue marking a 10th verse division. It has not been possible to place what Chapter this belongs to. Because Bihar is a warm and humid province, manuscripts from there, do not generally keep well. This bi-folio is remarkably fresh, although it does have some wormholing and a little thinning in the upper right section - see image 12f. This would be barely noticeable when framed. Please note that shipping costs are not solely the cost of the postal delivery service itself. Included within the shipping price is the work undertaken to prepare the article, for photography, for uploading to Catawiki, for preparation and packaging the article securely and for transporting the article to the postal delivery agent for processing. Also, please consider when bidding on this lot that this artwork is shipped from the UK. Import duties will now have to be paid by the recipient to the Postal Service when the parcel arrives in your country. This will likely vary between 5% and 20% of the sale price depending on your country's Import Rate, so please do check this if you are concerned. This is a Tax collected on behalf of your Government and is not an additional fee charged by us.