Qur'an

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Qur'an
Ottoman, AH 1137, 1724-25 AD

manuscript on pale buff paper, 245ff. plus four flyleaves, each with 17ll. of neat black naskh, punctuation in red, gold roundels between verses, gold margin between black and red rules, sura headings in white on gold cartouches with floral design, marginal notes in black and red, those alongside sura headings within gold palmettes, gold palmettes marking the juz', gold rosettes marking the sijda and hizb, gold outer margin between black rules, illuminated opening double folio with two-colour gold arabesques and floral illumination, final page signed in red by Ahmad Shakir, dated 1137, brown morocco binding with red medalions and gold arabesques, maroon paper doublures with gold lattice design and margin
folio 6½ x 4in. (16.5 x 10cm.)
text 4 x 2 3/8in. (10 x 6cm.)