Lot 48 SIXTEEN OTTOMAN QURAN PAGES, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 16 folios (16 ff.), each page with 11 lines of text. The layout is carefully structured, featuring three lines in large gilt thuluth script, outlined in black and reserved within polychrome-decorated cloud bands, creating a striking visual emphasis.
The remaining eight lines are arranged in two blocks of four, written in a clear black naskh script, surah headings are executed in black ink on gold panels, while diacritical marks and tajwīd are highlighted in red ink. Verse divisions are indicated by gold roundels, outlined in black and accentuated with polychrome dots. The text area is enclosed within gilt-ruled borders, and further enhanced by gilt and polychrome marginal decoration. Occasional marginal rosette markers indicate divisions such as the juzʾ and ḥizb.
26.5 by 18.5 cm.