A BIFOLIO FROM AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, OTTOMAN...

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A BIFOLIO FROM AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, OTTOMAN TURKEY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black naskh script, surah headings in white thuluth reserved on gold rectangular cartouche, verses separated by gold roundels, black diacritic marks, text set within broad gold border and blue, red and black lines, punctuation in red, reminding words in black, folio 18.2 x 11.2cm, text 11.7 x 5.8cm

First page Surah al-Kamar vv. 25 (part) - vv. 45 (part)
Second page Surah Al-Kamar vv. 45 (part) - Surah Al-Rahman beginning - vv. 13
Third page Surah Al-Rahman vv. 14 - vv. 36
Fourth page Surah Al-Rahman vv. 37- vv. 63