AN OTTOMAN QURAN MINIATURE
Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 lines to each page written in elegant black naskh script inside blue and gold rules, with gold roundel verse makers and marginal medallions marking " Juz and Hezb".Surah headings in red muhaqqaq script in gilt and red cartridges, diactries in red, two opening pages and colophon decorated with gold and polychrome illuminated decoration, in later brown morocco binding.Text panel: 4.5 by 8 cm.Quran: 6.5 by 10 cm.
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Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 lines to each page written in elegant black naskh script inside blue and gold rules, with gold roundel verse makers and marginal medallions marking " Juz and Hezb".Surah headings in red muhaqqaq script in gilt and red cartridges, diactries in red, two opening pages and colophon decorated with gold and polychrome illuminated decoration, in later brown morocco binding.Text panel: 4.5 by 8 cm.Quran: 6.5 by 10 cm.
