Lot 39 AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
An Arabic manuscript on paper, written in naskh and thuluth scripts, featuring various colors. The names of al-‘Ashara al-Mubashsharūn—“The Ten Promised Paradise”—appear throughout the scroll in large thuluth script.
Dimensions: 12 by 410 cm.
The scroll opens with:
1-A gilt bifolio decorated with polychrome floral motifs, enclosing a cartouche containing a prayer, with the name of ʿUmar prominently displayed at the top.
2-A table featuring the Beautiful Names of Allah (Asma’ Allah al-Husna) alongside talismanic letters.
3-Two cartouches on a gilt background containing quotations from the Qur’an and talismanic symbols.
4-A table presenting talismanic letters and numbers, names of angels, and verses from the Qur’an.
5-A large cartouche enclosing Qur’anic quotations, the Basmalah in various colors, talismanic inscriptions, and supplications.
6-Tables with talismanic numbers, invocations, and Qur’anic verses.
7-Two additional cartouches on a gilt background with Qur’anic quotations.
8-Further verses from the Qur’an, talismanic words, and prayers.