An Ottoman qur'an, signed Muhammad al-Fardi known as Hafiz al-Qur’an,...
An Ottoman qur'an, signed Muhammad al-Fardi known as Hafiz al-Qur’an, Ottoman Turkey or the Balkans, dated 25 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1209/ 13 July 1795 AD, 306ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 15ll. of neat black naskh per page, corrections in red, with gold roundel verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal decorations, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome decoration, colophon stating that this is the 183rd Qur’an copied by the scribe, in brown tooled leather binding with flap with gilt decorated medallions and spandrels, folio 16.3 x 10.2cm.
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An Ottoman qur'an, signed Muhammad al-Fardi known as Hafiz al-Qur’an, Ottoman Turkey or the Balkans, dated 25 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1209/ 13 July 1795 AD, 306ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 15ll. of neat black naskh per page, corrections in red, with gold roundel verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal decorations, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome decoration, colophon stating that this is the 183rd Qur’an copied by the scribe, in brown tooled leather binding with flap with gilt decorated medallions and spandrels, folio 16.3 x 10.2cm.
