QUR'ANOTTOMAN, POSSIBLY MOSUL, 19TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN OTTOMAN, POSSIBLY MOSUL, 19TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN
OTTOMAN, POSSIBLY MOSUL, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black naskh, gold roundels between verses, gold margins between black rules, blue ruled outer margin, divisions of text marked marginally, suras divided by gold panels, illuminated opening bifolio, maroon morocco binding with stamped medallion, pendants and spandrels, pink paper doublures - 19.6 x 13cm.; and Dala'il al-Khairat, Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. brown magribi, words in, yellow, red and blue, double red ruled margin, opening foio with illuminated heading panel, illustrations of the mosques at Mecca and Medina, red morocco binding with stamped medallion, printed marbled paper doublures, North Africa, AH 1190/1776 AD - 15 x 11cm. (2)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

The Qur'an is inscribed in the opening flyleaf: "ex libris Ath.... Riley, a.m. 1887" and "Bought from Shamala(?) Zumia(?) of Mosul for (2-10"
The Dala'il al-Khairat is inscribed: "This is a book of prayers for Friday written in the North African Arabic script. Written in the year 1195 of the Hegira ie about 1720 ad. Bought at Tunis in 1927 AR".