AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XXV), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY surah Fussilat (XLI), v.47 to surah al-Jathiyah (XLV) v.37 Arabic manuscript on paper, 28 leaves, plus 4 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in muhaqqaq in black ink, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome dotted roundels, the word Allah in gold, 4 surah headings in gold thuluth within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece with text in alternating gold and black lines within clouds, in brown gilt and stamped leather binding with polychrome filigree doublures, with flap text panel: 21.9 by 14.5cm. leaf: 35.3 by 23.2cm.
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XXV), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY surah Fussilat (XLI), v.47 to surah al-Jathiyah (XLV) v.37 Arabic manuscript on paper, 28 leaves, plus 4 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in muhaqqaq in black ink, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome dotted roundels, the word Allah in gold, 4 surah headings in gold thuluth within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece with text in alternating gold and black lines within clouds, in brown gilt and stamped leather binding with polychrome filigree doublures, with flap text panel: 21.9 by 14.5cm. leaf: 35.3 by 23.2cm.
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