A RARE ILLUMINATED QUR'ANIC PRAYER SCROLL, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, extracts from the Qur'an, prayers and pious phrases written in gold, black and coloured inks in a variety of scripts including muhaqqaq, rayhani, thuluth, nasta`liq and square Kufic, some in micrography of ghubari script, further micrography forming floral scrolls and cloud bands, the illuminated ground with polychrome floral designs, geometric panels, small coloured squares and plain coloured grounds Length: 310cm, width 9cm.
A RARE ILLUMINATED QUR'ANIC PRAYER SCROLL, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, extracts from the Qur'an, prayers and pious phrases written in gold, black and coloured inks in a variety of scripts including muhaqqaq, rayhani, thuluth, nasta`liq and square Kufic, some in micrography of ghubari script, further micrography forming floral scrolls and cloud bands, the illuminated ground with polychrome floral designs, geometric panels, small coloured squares and plain coloured grounds Length: 310cm, width 9cm.
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