A miniature leaf from a much used and frail Quran originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425. The scripture contains verses from the Meccan Chapter 18, Al-Kafh (The Cave), v.15-20, which talks about standing up for the truth, being guided by God, and of the awakening of the 'youth', a metaphor for the resurrection. 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. It also contains a Gold 'Allah' in line 6 of the script, best seen in image 11. The folio has a two Juz marginal roundels in red, gold and blue marking 10th and 5th verses respectively, in this case the 15th and the 20th verses. Because Bihar is a warm and humid province, manuscripts from there, do not generally keep well. This bi-folio has some water staining to the lower left. 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.