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Lot 217

An illuminated Qur'an copied by Muhammad Amin, a pupil of Isma'il Effendi, better known as Qalaychi-zadeh
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1225/AD 1810-11

18 June 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An illuminated Qur'an copied by Muhammad Amin, a pupil of Isma'il Effendi, better known as Qalaychi-zadeh
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1225/AD 1810-11

Arabic manuscript on paper, 335 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold discs between verses, inner margins ruled in gold, catchwords in wide outer borders, occasional illuminated devices in outer margins, sura headings written in thuluth script in red, double page at beginning with two illuminated headpieces and decorated borders in colours and gold, some soiling otherwise in good condition, earlier 17th Century brown morocco, covers with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces of gilt leather onlay, worn, rebacked, with flap, with brown leather slipcase
210 x 140 mm.

Footnotes

The colophon states that this manuscript is the seventy-second Qur'an copied by the scribe.

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