OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-16TH CENTURY
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Ottoman Turkey, mid-16th Century
Manuscript on dark buff paper, 488ff. with 11ll. of black naskh, vocalisation in red, gold rosettes between verses, a variety of gold and polychrome marginal medallions, suras marked by gold and blue illuminated panels, text outlined in gold, opening finely illuminated similar bifolio, negligible staining, colophon erased, in maroon morocco binding with gold stamped decoration and flap (loose)
Folio 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.5cm.); text 3 7/8 x 2in. (10 x 5cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, mid-16th Century
Manuscript on dark buff paper, 488ff. with 11ll. of black naskh, vocalisation in red, gold rosettes between verses, a variety of gold and polychrome marginal medallions, suras marked by gold and blue illuminated panels, text outlined in gold, opening finely illuminated similar bifolio, negligible staining, colophon erased, in maroon morocco binding with gold stamped decoration and flap (loose)
Folio 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.5cm.); text 3 7/8 x 2in. (10 x 5cm.)
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