Lot 537 AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, WRITTEN BY MOSTAFA BIN HAFITH AHMED KOUBATKI, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 folios, with 15 lines per page written in bold black Naskh script within black and gilt borders. It is a complete Quran, with surah headings framed by gilt panels. The two opening bifolia feature gilt and polychrome decorations, framing 8 lines in cloud motifs reserved against a sprinkled gilt ground. Gold verse roundel markers and occasional gilt marginal markers for "Hizb" and "Juz" are present. The binding is brown morocco, decorated with golden palmettes. Dimensions: 12 by 18 cm.