AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN BY ABDULLAH BIN ABUDLSALAM IN MECCA 1295 AH/1878 AD

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 304 leaves with 3 fly-leaves, each page with 15 lines written in black naskh script within gold and red rules, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black with polychrome dots. Surah headings in white thuluth script on a gilt ground within a decorated panel, gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating the 'Juz'. Two opening biofolia heavily with gilt and polychrome decoration framing 7 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gold ground. Final folio signed by 'written by Abdullah Bin Abdulsalam in al-Masjid al-Haram. In brown morocco binding decorated with gold painted floral motifs. Text panel: 5.5 by 10 cm. Folio: 10.5 by 15 cm.