OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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A QUR'AN SECTION
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Containing five suras, Arabic manuscript on paper, 78ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 7ll. of strong naskh in alternating black and gold, text panels within blue and gold rules, verse roundels in gold and polychrome, sura headings in white on gold cartouches within panels of gold and polychrome illumination, opening folio with similarly illuminated headpiece, some rubbed owner's seal impressions, a few folios with some staining, in original brown morocco with flap decorated with stamped gilt central panel, the doublures with gilt découpé decoration forming cartouches on red, blue, green and black ground
Text panel 4¼ x 2 5/8in. (10.9 x 6.5cm.); folio 7¼ x 4 7/8in. (10.9 x 6.6cm.)

Provenance

Property of the Late Djafar Ghazi, sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 381

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Lot Essay

This manuscript is composed of a collection of five suras that all begin with the word al-hamd. They include, Qur'an I, sura al-fatiha, Qur'an VI, sura al-an'am, Qur'an XVIII, sura al-kahf, Qur'an XXXIV, sura al-saba, and Qur'an XXXV, sura al-fatir.

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