An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Al-Hajj Shams Al-Din Al-Rafaqi, student of Isma'il Al-Faris, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1284 AH/1867-68 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 283 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markes in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown leather gilt binding, with flap

19.1 by 13.7cm.