An illuminated Qur'an copied by the scribe Ibrahim al-Rushdi, a pupil of Mustafa Shaker Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople, dated AH 1236/AD 1820-21 Arabic manuscript on paper, 305 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, gilt roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red and gold, illuminated devices in outer borders, catchwords in wide outer margins, illuminated rectangular sura headings in colours and gold, one illuminated frontispiece in gold and some colour, some smudging, modern red morocco gilt, with flap 158 x 110 mm.
An illuminated Qur'an copied by the scribe Ibrahim al-Rushdi, a pupil of Mustafa Shaker Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople, dated AH 1236/AD 1820-21 Arabic manuscript on paper, 305 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, gilt roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red and gold, illuminated devices in outer borders, catchwords in wide outer margins, illuminated rectangular sura headings in colours and gold, one illuminated frontispiece in gold and some colour, some smudging, modern red morocco gilt, with flap 158 x 110 mm.
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