ISTANBUL, AH 1193/1779 AD

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QUR'AN
Istanbul, AH 1193/1779 AD
Manuscript on paper, 306ff. with 15ll. of black naskh, text outlined with gold, gold rosettes between verses, sura headings in white on illuminated panels, verse and juz count marked in gold naskh in margins, also within illuminated marginal rosettes, opening finely illuminated bifolio, final folio with colophon signed by the scribe Ahmad known as Nai'li and dated 1193, very good condition, original maroon morocco binding with flap with gold tooled medallions and spandrels
Folio 8 x 5in. (20 x 12.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The colophon page gives the information that the scribe has written seventy seven copies of the Qur'an and that he lives in Galata. The Qur'an is copied in al-balada tayaba a Qur'anic phrase which is a chronogram for 857 (1453) the year of the Conquest, in other words in Istanbul or Constantinople.

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