AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUSTAFA BAHJAT, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUSTAFA BAHJAT, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 305 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 20 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black and gold, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a polychrome and gold illuminated frontispiece composed of a thick border of interlacing flowers and split-palmettes emanating blue sprays, in dark green leather binding with gold rococo decoration, with flap

16.4 by 10.7cm.