Quran Manuscripts
A chronological selection from our stock
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1Illuminated, complete Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman Empire, ca. 1770 / 18th century.
€ 5,000.00Illuminated Arabic ms. on paper, 305 ff., single 15-line column, Naskh script on polished paper. Double-page 'unwan on first two pages shows elaborate gilt and coloured ornamentation. Text framed by three parallel golden and black lines. Gold discs between verses, sura headings written in gold.
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2Illuminated, complete Qur'an manuscript.Kashmir, ca. 1770 / 18th century.
€ 4,000.00Traces of use, otherwise in good condition. Binding restored.
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3From a famous private collectionA splendid illuminated Qur'an manuscript.Iran, 1783 CE = 1204 H.
€ 18,000.00Splendid pocket-size Qur'an. Marginal section markers in white naskh on gold ground within polychrome flower blossom, opening double-page frontispiece richly illuminated in lapis lazuli blue, green, red, pink, and gold, the text within cloud bands in gold.
Hinge tender between the first two pages, some light marginal fingering, otherwise in …
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4Illuminated Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman Empire, 1807 CE = 1222 H.
€ 7,000.00Signed by a copyist named Hafez 'Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-ma'ruf, "Ahmad the Hafez" (respect title bestowed on those who have proved to know the entire Quran by heart), son of the renowned ‘Ahmad’, as quoted (underlined) in the colophon: Kataba hada-l mushaf as-sarif adafu ibad-‘Allah al-Kabir al-Mutaal Hafez ‘Ahmad, ibn ‘Ahmad almaruf,ba-yawwab-e …
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5Illuminated Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman area, 1848 CE = 1265 H.
€ 3,500.00Some slight restoration to first leaves, otherwise in very good condition.
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6Illuminated Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman Empire, 1852 CE = 1269 H.
€ 2,500.00Complete Quran ms. with occasional coloured floral decoration to the margins. First leaf remargined; some fingerstaining and occasional browning; a very few ink smudges. Spine rebacked in different leather. Altogether a good example.
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7A fine illuminated Qur'an manuscript.No place, 1862?.
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8A miniature Qur'an manuscript.Turkey, early 20th century.
InquireArabic manuscript on paper. 131 leaves, complete. 8 lines per page, written in black ink, margins ruled in red, sura headings in red. Illuminated opening page and colophon in colours and gold.
The calligraphy and illumination are rather unsophisticated, as common with miniature Qur'ans, which mainly served apotropaic and mnemonic rather than …