SIX FOLIOS, THREE BIFOLIOS FROM AN OTTOMAN QURAN, OTTOMAN TU...

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SIX FOLIOS, THREE BIFOLIOS FROM AN OTTOMAN QURAN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black naskh script, gold roundels as verse markers, vocalisation in black, text set within a black-ruled gold frame, marginal notes in black and gold, surah headings in white naskh script on gold ground, set within a rectangular cartouche with polychrome and gold floral sprays, marginal medallions in gold and polychrome, reminding words in black, some ink smudges, foxing and water marks, folio 17 x 12cm, text 10.8 x 6cm
Bifolios
Quran XXXVII Surah Al-Saffat
v. 7 - v. 30 / v.31 - v. 56
Quran XXXVIII Surah Al-Sad
v. 44- v. 62 / v. 63 - v. 83
Quran XX Surah Al-Hajj
v.15 - v.22 / v.23 - v.29
Quran XXI Surah Al-Anbiya
v. 71 - v.80 / v. 81 - v.90
Quran XLVII Surah Al-Muhammad
v.30 - end / Surah Al-Fath beginning - v.9
v.10 - v.15 / v.16 - v.22

Folios
Quran XXXIX Surah Al-Zumar
v.32 - v.41 / v.42 - v.49
Quran XXI Surah Al-Anbiya
Beginning - v. 10 / v. 11 - v. 23
Quran XLI Surah Al-Fussilat
v.31 - v.39 / v. 40 - v.46
Quran XXIX Surah Al-Ankabut
v. 46 - v.53 / v.54 - v.63
Quran XLVI Surah Al-Qaf
Beginning - v.15 / v.16 - v. 34
Quran XXV Surah Al-Furqan
v. 69 - Surah Al-Shura v.4 / v. 5 - v.22