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ONE SIGNED 'ALI RIDA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1269/1852-3 AD
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TWO QUR'ANS
ONE SIGNED 'ALI RIDA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1269/1852-3 AD
Arabic manuscripts on paper, the first with 314ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold roundel verse markers, within black-ruled gold frames, illuminated marginal medallions, sura headings in white naskh in gold cartouches, illuminated opening bifolio, colophon signed, dated and giving the name of the scribe's master Hafiz Muhammad Hilmi, in stamped morocco, the second with 301ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold roundel verse markers, within black-ruled gold frames, sura headings in black naskh in gold cartouches, catchwords, illuminated opening bifolio, in stamped morocco
Folio 7½ x 4¾in. (18.8 x 12.3cm.) and 7 1/8 x 4¼in. (18 x 10.9cm.) (2)
ONE SIGNED 'ALI RIDA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1269/1852-3 AD
Arabic manuscripts on paper, the first with 314ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold roundel verse markers, within black-ruled gold frames, illuminated marginal medallions, sura headings in white naskh in gold cartouches, illuminated opening bifolio, colophon signed, dated and giving the name of the scribe's master Hafiz Muhammad Hilmi, in stamped morocco, the second with 301ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh, with gold roundel verse markers, within black-ruled gold frames, sura headings in black naskh in gold cartouches, catchwords, illuminated opening bifolio, in stamped morocco
Folio 7½ x 4¾in. (18.8 x 12.3cm.) and 7 1/8 x 4¼in. (18 x 10.9cm.) (2)