QUR'AN SIGNED IBN QASIM 'ALI MUHSINA AL-NISHAPURI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED...
QUR'AN
SIGNED IBN QASIM 'ALI MUHSINA AL-NISHAPURI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1099 / 1687-88 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 303ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. black naskh on an cream ground, the word Allah picked out in gold throughout, gold disc verse markers, interlinear and marginal commentary in Arabic throughout, the double page illumination in gold and polychrome enclosing 6ll. black naskh in clouds reserved against gold, separated by a folio mirroring the illuminated panels with marginal commentary, sura headings in gold, colophon signed, catchwords, the contemporaneous binding with medallions and border panels of gilt leather decorated with floral motifs, doublures of red morocco decorated with a diaper pattern in gold, with flap
Folio 7 3⁄8 x 4¾ in. (19 x 12cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 15-16 April 1985, lot 225
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QUR'AN
SIGNED IBN QASIM 'ALI MUHSINA AL-NISHAPURI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1099 / 1687-88 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 303ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. black naskh on an cream ground, the word Allah picked out in gold throughout, gold disc verse markers, interlinear and marginal commentary in Arabic throughout, the double page illumination in gold and polychrome enclosing 6ll. black naskh in clouds reserved against gold, separated by a folio mirroring the illuminated panels with marginal commentary, sura headings in gold, colophon signed, catchwords, the contemporaneous binding with medallions and border panels of gilt leather decorated with floral motifs, doublures of red morocco decorated with a diaper pattern in gold, with flap
Folio 7 3⁄8 x 4¾ in. (19 x 12cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 15-16 April 1985, lot 225
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Time, Location
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