AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006759

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.