An illuminated miniature octagonal Qur'an, copied by Da'ud ibn Abdullah, Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman, 16th century

Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 189 leaves plus 2 flyleaves, 12 lines to the page, written in minute ghubari script in black ink, surah headings in black on gold illuminated panels, margins ruled in gold, black and blue, with folio numbers in red above the text panels, opening double-page frontispiece and the finispiece illuminated in polychrome and gold comprising elegant floral and foliate scrolls surrounding the text panels, the gilt-stamped leather binding with scrolling arabesques, in nielloed silver fitted case

4.8 by 5cm.