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Lot 27•
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by al-Hafiz Ahmad al-Hilmi Ottoman Turkey, Edirne, dated AH 1279/AD 1862-63
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an, copied by al-Hafiz Ahmad al-Hilmi
Ottoman Turkey, Edirne, dated AH 1279/AD 1862-63
Ottoman Turkey, Edirne, dated AH 1279/AD 1862-63
Arabic manuscript on paper, 306 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in compact naskhi in black ink, inner margins ruled in black, blue and gold, verse-endings marked by gold roundels, sura headings written in riqa' script in white on a gold ground within illuminated panels, floral illuminated marginal devices, double-page illuminated frontispiece with undulating vine and vine leaves in gold in outer margins, illuminated finispiece, brown leather gilt, covers with sunburst motif, with flap
207 x 140 mm.
207 x 140 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.
Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 172-175, no. 41.
The colophon reads: katabahu al-'abd al-dhalil sayyid ahmad al-hilmi min talamidh al-sayyid muhammad al-khulusi afandi, 'The abject servant [of God] Sayyid Ahmad al-Hilmi [Seyyid Ahmed Hilmi], from among the pupils Muhammad al-Khulusi Afandi [Seyyid Mehmed Hulusi Efendi] wrote it.'
Though there are several calligraphers with the name Seyyid Ahmed Hilmi, though none of these are recorded as being the pupil of the famous teacher Seyyid Mehmed Hulusi Efendi (d. AH 1291/AD 1874).