An illuminated Qur'an, copied by al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Qunawi, Turkey, Ottoman, probably Konya, dated rabi' II 1150 AH/1737 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 353 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page written in black naskh, ruled in gold and black, verses separated by gold dotted roundels, polychrome and gold verse markers in the margins, surah headings written in white cursive against a gold ground within a cartouche, f.1b-2a with an illuminated opening frontispiece, in a brown stamped and gilt binding with flap detached

13.8 by 8.5cm.