Auction archive: Lot number 152

An illuminated Qu'ran, Turkey or Ottoman

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Auction archive: Lot number 152

An illuminated Qu'ran, Turkey or Ottoman

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Beschreibung:

An illuminated Qu'ran, Turkey or Ottoman Provinces, dated 1229 AH/1813AD, Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 316ff., written in neat naskh script in black ink, small gold discs between verses, surah headings written in pink on gold panels, further text divisions marked by illuminated devices and written in red ink, catchwords, occasional glosses in margins in red ink, opening double page of illumination in colours and gold, red leather binding with gold-stamped central medallion and corner

Auction archive: Lot number 152
Beschreibung:

An illuminated Qu'ran, Turkey or Ottoman Provinces, dated 1229 AH/1813AD, Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 316ff., written in neat naskh script in black ink, small gold discs between verses, surah headings written in pink on gold panels, further text divisions marked by illuminated devices and written in red ink, catchwords, occasional glosses in margins in red ink, opening double page of illumination in colours and gold, red leather binding with gold-stamped central medallion and corner

Auction archive: Lot number 152
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