AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 19TH CENTURY
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October 23, 11:03 AM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 275 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, surah headings in white naskh against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated rococo frontispiece, incomplete (ending with surah al-Ma’un CVII), in brown gilt binding, with flap
text panel: 10.3 by 5.7cm.
leaf: 14.8 by 10.8cm.
Sold in these rooms, 13 October 1980, lot 146.