AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AL-HAJJ SHAMS AL-DIN AL-RAFAQI, STUDENT OF ISMA'IL AL-FARIS, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1284 AH/1867-68 AD
AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AL-HAJJ SHAMS AL-DIN AL-RAFAQI, STUDENT OF ISMA'IL AL-FARIS, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1284 AH/1867-68 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 283 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markes in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown leather gilt binding, with flap
19 by 14cm.
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AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AL-HAJJ SHAMS AL-DIN AL-RAFAQI, STUDENT OF ISMA'IL AL-FARIS, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1284 AH/1867-68 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 283 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markes in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in brown leather gilt binding, with flap
19 by 14cm.
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