QUR'AN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH 1143 (1730-1 AD)
Manuscript on paper, 324ff. with 15ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, text outlined with gold, illuminated marginal medallions, opening illuminated bifolio, final folio with colophon signed by the scribe Mustafa Raqim and dated 1143, 19th century tan morocco binding with flap-6¼ x 4in. (15.9 x 10.5cm.)
QUR'AN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH 1143 (1730-1 AD)
Manuscript on paper, 324ff. with 15ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, text outlined with gold, illuminated marginal medallions, opening illuminated bifolio, final folio with colophon signed by the scribe Mustafa Raqim and dated 1143, 19th century tan morocco binding with flap-6¼ x 4in. (15.9 x 10.5cm.)