MINIATURE QUR`AN

Lot 111
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 111 | MINIATURE QUR'AN
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£ 16 000 – 22 000
MINIATURE QUR'AN

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, 386ff., plus four flyleaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh in two hands, red dot verse markers, text within gold and black rules, sura headings in black against a gold ground, gold and polychrome marginal medallions marking khams and ‘ashr, opening bifolio fully illuminated in gold and polychrome, the following bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7ll. of text, a further bifolio with gold illuminated margins, in gilt brown binding with flap

Text panel 1 1⁄4 x 3⁄4in. (3.4 x 2cm.); folio 2 1⁄8 x 1 1⁄2in. (5.5 x 3.7cm.)







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