AN OTTOMAN QURAN BY OMAR AL-SHAWQI, STUDENT OF ISMAEL SHAWQI, TURKEY, DATED 1225 AH/1810 AD

Reference: ART3001527

An Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 306 leaves plus 2 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in fine naskh script in black ink, verses separated by small gold roundels pointed in red, illuminated floral marginal devices throughout surah headings written in white thuluth script within gold-ground floral panels. Opening illuminated double-page frontispiece elaborately decorated with interlacing polychrome flowers against a punched gold ground, binding with flap. 16 by 10 cm.