Oliver White
Head of Department
Lot 240•
An early Ottoman illuminated Qur'an Turkey, late 15th/early 16th Century
23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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An early Ottoman illuminated Qur'an
Turkey, late 15th/early 16th Century
Turkey, late 15th/early 16th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 356 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in elegant naskhi/muhaqqaq script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, red dots between verses, inner margins ruled in red, catchwords, the words sajda, juz and ashr written diagonally in wide outer margins to indicate when to prostrate oneself and the number of the section and every tenth verse, occasional commentaries written in red and black naskhi in outer margins, sura headings written in naskhi/thuluth script in red, double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, edges frayed and crudely repaired, some worming and smudging, dark brown morocco with stamped central medallions decorated with arabesques and floral motifs, spine split and repaired
239 x 165 mm.
239 x 165 mm.