A DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD FROM A MAMLUK OR OTTOMAN QUR'AN, 15TH C

A DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD FROM A MAMLUK OR OTTOMAN QUR'AN, 15TH CENTURY. THE BACK MARGINS. Quranic text, Sura al-Najm (53), verses 28–33 and 36–52; Sura al-Qamar (54), verses 20–31. Written in two sizes of muhaqqaq script; two large calligraphic cartouches in large muhaqqaq script, set within a border on a background decorated with palmette scrolls; in the center, a six-line register in smaller script. Gold rosettes at the ends of the verses. Signs of wear, retouching; part of the text rewritten and retouched. Glass holes. Dimensions of the written surface: 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Dimensions including margins: 35.5 x 49 cm. For other similar folios with simple and refined surah title decoration, see: Martin Lings, *Splendors of Quranic Calligraphy and Illumination*, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, 2005.