ID 1033041 
Lot 3  | TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN JUZ'
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000 
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 18TH CENTURY
Comprising the II and XXVIII 'juz, Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ff. and 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, some vocalisation in red, gold and polychrome verse roundels, set within gold and red rules, catchwords, sura titles in red naskh in illuminated cartouche bands, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, in contemporaneous gilt stamped leather binding with flap, the doublures gold-speckled paper
Text panel 10 7/8 x 6 1/8in. (27.5 x 15.4cm.); folio 14in. x 9in. (35.6 x 22.8cm.)
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey | 
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey | 
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
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