Lot 111
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MINIATURE QUR'AN
MINIATURE QUR'AN
MINIATURE QUR'AN
MINIATURE QUR'AN
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MINIATURE QUR'AN

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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MINIATURE QUR'AN
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 386ff., plus four flyleaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh in two hands, red dot verse markers, text within gold and black rules, sura headings in black against a gold ground, gold and polychrome marginal medallions marking khams and ‘ashr, opening bifolio fully illuminated in gold and polychrome, the following bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7ll. of text, a further bifolio with gold illuminated margins, in gilt brown binding with flap
Text panel 1 1⁄4 x 3⁄4in. (3.4 x 2cm.); folio 2 1⁄8 x 1 1⁄2in. (5.5 x 3.7cm.)
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Lot Essay


Creating miniature Qur'ans of this size allowed a calligrapher to display their virtuosity. Due to the size of the script, such Qur'ans were not intended to be read, but to be carried as a talisman. The small size of this Qur'an would have made it easily portable for everyday protection or on longer journeys and pilgrimage. For another 16th century miniature Ottoman Qur'an, see Sotheby's, London, 24 October 2018, lot 23.

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