An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, provincial, late 18th/early 19th Century


Arabic manuscript on paper, 266 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold dots marking the verses, inner margins ruled in gold and black, sura headings written in naskhi script in red ink within a gold panel, illuminated devices in wide margins, one illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, red morocco with gilt stamped central medallions and cornerpieces, with flap, rebacked 168 x 114 mm.
|ProvenancePrivate US collection, 1960-present.