An extremely well executed Koran from 1590 which was saved from a disband and water damaged Koran. It was scribed in Herat (Afghanistan) in early Muhaqqaq script. The folio is divided into two district halves of 6 lines of scripture, with verses delineated with gold 'aya', which are themselves divided into 6 sections by thin blue dividing lines. the centre of the aya is a red dot. Each block of scripture is framed by two distinctive marginal floral illuminations in gold with blue lined surrounds. There are three headings, one at the top, one dividing the scripture and one at the bottom. These are scripted in thicker gold muhaqqaq. The whole and the headings are first framed in thin gold linear marking and then a much thicker gold frame. A single blue frame completed the folio. The folio does show worm;e damage (small dots) but these do not detract from the striking nature of this manuscript. Please note: 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. 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. This is a Tax collected on behalf of your Government and is not an additional delivery fee charged by me.