ID 1306479
Lot 107 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 337ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, blue and gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in blue thuluth on gold panels, text within black and gold rules, the margins plain with gold cartouches to mark juz' divisions, catchwords, the opening bifolio with blue and gold illumination framing 7ll. of black naskh reserved against gold cloudbands, the closing pages with additional prayers, in contemporaneous gilt tooled leather binding with flap, the doublures brown leather with gilt detailing
Text panel 3 ¼ x 1 5/8in. (8.3 x 4.1cm.); folio 4 7/8 x 3in. (12.4 x 7.7cm.)
Provenance
Demir 'Ali Arza, Korçë, Albania, 1905
Thence by descent
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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