A BEAUTIFUL OTTOMAN QUR’AN 18TH CENTURY, SIGNED ALI KAMALI, ...

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A BEAUTIFUL OTTOMAN QUR’AN
18TH CENTURY, SIGNED ALI KAMALI, DATED 1208AH/1793AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 lines of black naskh script, gold roundels between verses with blue dots, sura headings in white thuluth reseved in illuminated gold rectangular cartouches, text outlined with gold and multicolour rules, marginal gold and polychrome medallions, illuminated opening bifolio, seven lines double page texts surrounded with gold and polychrome florish design, colophon roundel signed and dated, Ottoman gold gilted brown leather binding with saz leaves design, marbled paper doublure, flap,