拍品 33
  • 33

A SELECTION OF SURAHS FROM THE QUR’AN, COPIED BY YUSUF KNOWN AS KHAPTAGI-ZADE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1152 AH/1739-40 AD |

估價
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • 16.4 by 9.6cm.
text: surah al-An’am (VI); surah Fatir, (XXXVI); Surah al-Dukhan (XLIV 44); surah al-Fath (XLVIII); surah al-Qamar (LIV); surah al-Rahman (LVI); surah al-Mulk (LXVII); surah al-Naba (LXXVIII); surah al-Layl (XCII); surah al-Ikhlas (CXII); surah al-Falaq (CXIII); surah al-Nas (CXIV) Arabic manuscript on paper, 79 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold and red, verses separated by pointed gold rosettes, opening double page with a polychrome and gold headpiece and floral gold margins, gold and polychrome cartouches, in leather binding decorated with gilt-lobed panels and corner pieces

Condition

In generally good condition, minor smudges and stains, the margins probably slightly trimmed, but the illumination fine and bright, as viewed.
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拍品資料及來源

The colophon of this manuscript states that Yusuf, known as Khaptagi-zade, wrote this prayer book for the treasury of the interior palace.