AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QURAN, COPIED BY 'UMAR AL-ZUHDI
An Arabic manuscript on paper, 287 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in small and neat naskh script in black ink, verses separated by pointed gold dots, surah headings in white thuluth within gold-ground panels, various leafy gold sprays within the text, catchwords, margins ruled in gold. Double page illuminated frontispiece in colors and gold comprising interlacing split-palmettes and flowers. Corresponding finispiece with colophon and gold leafy outer margins, brown morocco binding with panels of trellis design in gold, scroll-work borders, with flap.
14.2 by 10 cm.
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An Arabic manuscript on paper, 287 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in small and neat naskh script in black ink, verses separated by pointed gold dots, surah headings in white thuluth within gold-ground panels, various leafy gold sprays within the text, catchwords, margins ruled in gold. Double page illuminated frontispiece in colors and gold comprising interlacing split-palmettes and flowers. Corresponding finispiece with colophon and gold leafy outer margins, brown morocco binding with panels of trellis design in gold, scroll-work borders, with flap.
14.2 by 10 cm.
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