Lot 272
  • 272

Qu'ran

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • manuscript book
An Illuminated Ottoman Qur'an Copied by Husayn al-Hamdi. Turkey, Dated 1219 AH/1804 AD



308 leaves (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.; 183 x 114 mm), 15 lines within gold borders, finely illuminated double-page opening and colophon, illuminated sub-headings and marginal ornament. Contemporary Ottoman binding with pentagonal flap: green morocco gilt, the covers with sunken cornerpieces and sunken central cusped medallion with floral red morocco onlays, blue-coated endpapers gilt, edges gilt and painted with an interlacing foliate design; rebacked, some wear and restoration.

Condition

Contemporary Ottoman binding with pentagonal flap: green morocco gilt, the covers with sunken cornerpieces and central cusped medallion with floral red morocco onlays, blue-coated endpapers gilt, edges gilt and painted with an interlacing foliate design; rebacked, some wear and restoration
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