AN OTTOMAN QURAN, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001478

An Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 236 leaves plus 2 flyleaves, 17 lines to the page, written in fine naskh script in black ink, verses separated by small gold roundels pointed in red, the pages are sprinkled with light gold surah headings written in gold thuluth script within gold-panels, opening illuminated double-page frontispiece elaborately decorated with interlacing polychrome flowers against a punched gold ground, binding with flap. 15.5 by 10.5 cm.