ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR’AN LEAVES, TWO BIFOLIOS, SEVEN LEAVE...

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ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR’AN LEAVES, TWO BIFOLIOS, SEVEN LEAVES, 19TH CENTURY
Qr.XV. sura al-hijr vv.72 to vv.99 end
Qr.XVI. sura al-Nahl sura heading to vv.6
Nahl vv.80 - vv.93

XXI. sura al-Anbiya vv.91 to vv.112end
XXII. sura al-hajj surah heading 1-15

Qr.ll. sura al- Baqara vv.253-vv.259
Qr.VII. sura al- Araf vv.88-104
Qr.IX. sura al-Tawba vv.118- vv. 129end, X. sura al- Younus sura heading
Qr.XII. sura al- Yousuf vv.53- vv.69
Qr.XXVII. sura al-Naml vv.56-76
Qr.XXXVI. sura al-Yasin vv.28-54
Qr.XLI. sura al-Fussilet vv.30-vv.46

Arabic manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black naskh script, gold roundels between verses, text outlined with a black and red-ruled gold frame, marginal illuminated rosettes in gold and polychrome, surah heading in white thuluth reserved on gold ground within rectangular cartouche,

Folio 18,2 x 11,6 cm
Text 11,2 x 5,7 cm