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OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
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A MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR'AN
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, approx. 320ff., each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, sura in black naskh script on gold ground within cartouches, text within black-ruled gold frame, some frames with blue rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, in original leather binding, 35ff. loose in binding, first folio lacking
Folio 1¾ x 1¾in, (4.5 x 4.5cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, approx. 320ff., each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, sura in black naskh script on gold ground within cartouches, text within black-ruled gold frame, some frames with blue rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, in original leather binding, 35ff. loose in binding, first folio lacking
Folio 1¾ x 1¾in, (4.5 x 4.5cm.)