AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED 1229 AH/1813 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED 1229 AH/1813 AD

Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 316 leaves written in neat naskh script in black ink, small gold discs between verses, surah headings written in pink on gold panels, further text divisions marked by illuminated devices and written in red ink, catchwords, occasional glosses in margins in red ink, opening double page of illumination in colours and gold, red leather binding with gold-stamped central medallion and cornerpieces, with flap (detached) 

19.8 by 13.1cm.