A FINE ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, SIGNED HUSAYN... Lot 168
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A FINE ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, SIGNED HUSAYN BIN MUHAMMAD STUDENT OF SHEKR ZADEH, TURKEY AND DATED 1165 AH/1752 AD
A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 15 lines written in black naskh script within gold and polychrome rules, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black ink, Tajwid and diactries in red ink. Surah headings in white thuluth script on a gilt ground within a decorated panel, gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating the 'Juz and Hizb'. Two opening biofolia heavily with gilt and polychrome decoration framing 7 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gold ground. Final page with Due al-khatm and signed by 'written by al-Faqir Husayn Bin Muhammad in 1165 AH/1752 AD' in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gold ground.
In black morocco binding decorated with gold painted floral motifs.
Text: 7.3 by 12.5 cm
Panel: 12 by 17 cm
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