THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 11:03 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
surah al-Fatihah (I), v.1 to surah al-Baqarah (II) v.141
Arabic manuscript on paper, 23 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in orange, gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome dotted roundels, ff.1b and 2a with an illuminated frontispiece, lacking binding
text panel: 15.2 by 9.3cm.
leaf: 24.5 by 17cm.