SEVEN LOOSE QUR'ANIC FOLIOS  Egypt or Iran, 15th century  Sura 4 (Al Nisa), Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. to the page in black ink thuluth script, with full diacritic marks, aya markings as gold and polychrome rosettes, on the margins blue, red and gold illuminated circular medallions with juz' and other marginal markings, the sura heading on the last folio in white ink highlighted in gold against a cobalt blue ground with scrolling vegetal tendrils heightened in red ink, within gold and red rules, next to it an illuminated roundel filled with a stylised lotus flower, the folio 31.5cm x 24cm.