Lot 158 AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QURAN WRITTEN BY IBRAHIM AL-ZAKAI, OTTOMAN TURKEY DATED 1279 AH/1862–63 AD
Reference: ART3007110
Arabic manuscript on paper, 296 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black, gold dots between verses, inner margins ruled in gold, catchwords, sura headings written in thuluth script in white, occasional devices in outer margins, illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, some crude repairs mostly restricted to outer margins, creased, rather browned, last page signed" written by al-Faqir Ibrahim al-Zakai', a pupil of Asayyid Hafiz a Zahdi".
In brown morocco with covers decorated with diaper pattern and stamped florets, with flap, rebacked.
20 by 13 cm.