AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 18TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 18TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, 234 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 19 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in blue and gold, verses separated by gold dots, surah headings in gold thuluth, fifth and tenth verse marked in gold in the margins, f.2b-3a with a polychrome and gold illuminated frontispiece, in gilt leather binding, each cover decorated with a central panel containing two roses surrounded by scrolls, with flap, some leaves loose, in a later embroidered textile bag

8.7 by 5.5cm.