AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AHMED KNOWN AS NA’ILI, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN, DATED 1192 AH/1778-79 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 250 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, surah headings in gold riqa within cartouches, gold verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, f.249a with a finispiece folio with the text written within two circles against a gold ground, in brown stamped and gilt leather binding, with flap text panel: 17 by 8.3cm. leaf: 21.9 by 14.2cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AHMED KNOWN AS NA’ILI, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN, DATED 1192 AH/1778-79 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 250 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, surah headings in gold riqa within cartouches, gold verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, f.249a with a finispiece folio with the text written within two circles against a gold ground, in brown stamped and gilt leather binding, with flap text panel: 17 by 8.3cm. leaf: 21.9 by 14.2cm.
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