AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, COPIED BY MUSTAFA HELMI IBN AHMAD, STUDENT OF MEHMED KAMIL, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844-45 AD

Reference: ART3001349

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 317 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, surah headings in white rounded cursive against a gold ground within cartouches, occasional gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with a rococo illuminated frontispiece, in leather gilt and stamped binding, with flap. 21.3 by 13.6 cm