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Qur'an
Ottoman, AH 1208/1793
Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ll. of black naskh, gold margins between black rules, red outer rule, gold ruled outer margin, divisions of text marked marginally with illuminated medallions, marginal notes, sura headings with cartouches in illuminated panels, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, colophon towards the end in illuminated bifolio, Ahmad son of Ismail at the library of Atef Afandi, AH 21 Rajab 1208, index, final folios with lessons on reading the Qur'an and praying, brown morocco binding with gold tooled medallion -- 19 x 13cm.
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Ottoman, AH 1208/1793
Arabic manuscript on paper, 21ll. of black naskh, gold margins between black rules, red outer rule, gold ruled outer margin, divisions of text marked marginally with illuminated medallions, marginal notes, sura headings with cartouches in illuminated panels, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, colophon towards the end in illuminated bifolio, Ahmad son of Ismail at the library of Atef Afandi, AH 21 Rajab 1208, index, final folios with lessons on reading the Qur'an and praying, brown morocco binding with gold tooled medallion -- 19 x 13cm.
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