TWO ILLUMINATED QUR`AN JUZ`

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£ 5 000
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26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1033041
Lot 3 | TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN JUZ'
TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN JUZ'

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.)

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