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Lot 28

An illuminated Qur'an juz' (V)
Ottoman Turkey, mid-19th Century

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

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An illuminated Qur'an juz' (V)
Ottoman Turkey, mid-19th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 34 leaves, 7 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold roundels with orange and blue dots, f.1b with the juz' number written in gold and outlined in black, brown gilt leather with stamped floral central medallions, with flap
240 x 170 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.

Text
Qur'an, sura IV, al-Nisa, verses 24-147.

Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 168-169, no. 39.

F.1a bears a note in Arabic and Turkish stating that this juz' was copied in AH 1271/AD 1854-55.

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