Fine illuminated Qur'an manuscript
A fine illuminated Qur'an manuscript.
[Ottoman Empire], [1862 CE].
8vo. 307 ff. Naskh calligraphy, 15 lines. Black ink on polished paper; borders in red and gold; sura headings in white ink on gilt; gilt discs for verse divisions. Double-page 'unwan on first two pages shows elaborate gilt ornamentation; colophon shows floral ornamentation in green and gilt. Coloured floral decoration to margins. Later cloth.
€ 3,000.00
Colophon in Arabic: "Finished Thursday afternoon 3 o'clock. The scribe is the son of Mehmed Halil Ibrahim, what is done is determined by Allah".
Provenance: acquired in Istanbul, Turkey, in the 1960s.
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