Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
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AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 386 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 16 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black and gold, verses separated by red dots, surah headings in black rounded cursive against a gold ground, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a double-page illuminated frontispiece, f.2b and f.3a with a polychrome and gold frame, in brown gilt binding, with flap
5.5 by 3.7cm.
The high quality of the illumination throughout recalls the opening page of a Qur’an dated 930 AH/1524 AD now in the Istanbul University library, inv. no.A.6566, published in Derman 2010, p.40, as well as a Qur’an dated 954 AH/1547-48 AD, sold in these rooms, 24 October 2018, lot 23.