Three Bifolios From An Ottoman Quran, Ottoman Turkey, 19th C...

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Three Bifolios From An Ottoman Quran, Ottoman Turkey, 19th Century

Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 15ll. of black naskh script, gold roundels as verse markers, vocalisation in black, punctuation in red, text set within a black and red-ruled gold frame, marginal medallions in gold and polychrome, surah headings in rd naskh set within rectangular cartouche, reminding words in black, slight ink smudges, folio 16.4 x 10.7cm, text 9.5 x 5.5cm

Quran VIII Surah Al-Anfal
v. 37 (part) - v. 42 (part) / v. 42 (part) - vv.47 (part)
vv. 72 - v. 75 (end) - (Surah Al-Tawba) v. 1 - v.5 (part)

Quran XII Surah Al-Youssef
v. 53 - v. 62 (part) / v. 62 (part) - v. 67 (part)
Quran XIII Surah Al-Rad
v. 27 (part) - v. 32 (part) / v. 32 (part) - v. 37 (part)

Quran XVI Surah Al-Nahl
v. 81 (part) - v. 89 (part) / v. 89 (part) - v. 93
Quran XVI Surah Al-Nahl
v. 123 (part) - Surah Al-Isra heading /
v. 1 - v. 7 (part)