An illuminated Ottoman Qur'an, Turkey, 18th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 342 leaves with 8 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in fine naskh script in black ink, verses separated by gold roundels pointed in black and orange, margins ruled in black and gold, catchwords, surah headings in white thuluth script on gold ground, illuminated marginal devices with polychrome flowers, opening illuminated double-page frontispiece in polychrome and gold with text in gold cloud bands in roundels, outer margins filled with large leafy gold flowers, morocco binding with punched trellis design and double ropework border, blue doublures, with flap

In very good overall condition, illumination bright and calligraphy bold, clean pages, repair to the binding, very minor tears on a few pages and minor paper loss, as viewed.
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