THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
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October 23, 11:03 AM GMT
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2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY HAFIZ MUSTAFA SUYOLCUZADE, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 314 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold and red, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white riqa’ against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in leather gilt and stamped binding, with flap
text panel: 11.3 by 6.7cm.
leaf: 15.2 by 10cm.
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qur’ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.41, pp.122-5.