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Lot 25

An illuminated Qur'an juz' (I)
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1750-1850

12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An illuminated Qur'an juz' (I)
Ottoman Turkey, circa 1750-1850

Arabic manuscript on cream polished paper, 18 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in gold and black, verse-endings marked by gold roundels with orange and gold dots, double-page illuminated frontispiece, red stamped morocco with a central almond-shaped medallion, with flap
270 x 193 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Sotheby's, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 19th April 1983, lot 178.
The Shakerine Collection.

Text
Qur'an, sura I, al-Fatihah, verse 1-sura II, al-Baqarah, verse 141.

Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 144-147, no. 33.

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