Qur'an

MECCA, OTTOMAN PERIOD, AH RAMADAN 946/JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1540 AD

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Qur'an
Mecca, Ottoman period, AH Ramadan 946/January-February 1540 AD
Manuscript on paper, 307ff. with 15ll. of flowing black naskh, vocalisation in red, gold dots between verses, text within gold rules, sura headings in gold within panels highlighted with blue trefoils, every fifth verse marked in blue, every tenth in gold, final folio with colophon dated Ramadan 946 in Mecca, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, copious marginal notes, light staining and worming, plus later falnameh in black nasta'liq, in later brown binding
Folio 7¼ x 5in. (18.5 x 12.5cm.)

Lot Essay

It is highly unusual to find a Qur'an written in the Holy City of Mecca. The style of illumination and calligraphy is that of an Ottoman Qur'an of the 16th century. Mecca had passed under Ottoman influence early in the century after the defeat of the Mamluks by the Ottomans.

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