ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY, QUR’AN VI. PART OF SURA AL-AN’AM, OTTOM...

Hammer

£460

ARABIC
CALLIGRAPHY, QUR’AN VI. PART OF SURA AL-AN’AM, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Arabic
manuscript on paper, 9 folios, 11ll. of black naskh script, vocalisation in black ink, diacritics in red, text outlined with gold, black and red, verses separated by gold roundels with blue dots, gold floral illustrations on the paper margins, opening heading in white on gold ground reserved in a cartouche, opening bifolio with elegant illumination in gold and various colours, profound marginal illumination with scrolling saz leaves and flower heads in gold, opening bifolio in black naskh script in cloud-bands reserved on gold ground, with various verse markers, one side doublured with pink saz leaf design, folio 17.2 x 11cm text 11 x 6.5cm