AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, YEMEN, BY AHMED QASEM IBN ISMAIL IN 1035 AH/1626 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, complete Quran, 10 lines to each page, written in large black naskh script, catchwords in large script, diacritics and vowels in red ink, ruled in polychrome borders, surah headings in red ink, gold verse markers pointed in orange dots, occasional marginal commentary notes, two opening biofolia with gilt and polychrome decoration framing 7 lines in clouds reserved on a gold striking ground. The last pages with Due al-Khatm, dedications and singed by "written by Muhammed ibn Ahmed Qasim Ibn Ismail in Thula Yemen, dated 26 Dhu al-Hijja 1035 AH ( August 1626 AD)."
In original morocco leather binding with flap.
Text: 14 by 25 cm.
Folio: 25 by 34 cm.