AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, COPIED BY MUSTAFA HELMI IBN
An Arabic manuscript on paper, 317 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, occasional gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a rococo illuminated frontispiece, in leather gilt and stamped binding, with flap.
21.3 by 13.6 cm
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An Arabic manuscript on paper, 317 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, occasional gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a rococo illuminated frontispiece, in leather gilt and stamped binding, with flap.
21.3 by 13.6 cm
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