A SECTION FROM A QUR’AN, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY Arabi...

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A SECTION FROM A QUR’AN, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on ivory paper,10ff., 15ll. of black naskh script, gold roundels between verses, some punctuations in red, sura headings in white thuluth reserved on gold ground set within a rectangular cartouche, text outlined with a black and red-ruled gold frame, marginal rosettes in gold and polychrome, marginal words in red, black reminding words at the right bottom of page, some stains, overall in good condition. folio 24,4 x 17,5 cm, text 16,8 x 9,5 cm