AN ILLUMINATED QURAN COPIED BY HAFIZ ALI NAMIQ IBN MUSTAFA STUDENTS OF HAJI MUHAMMAD AMIN ALWASFI BETTER KNOWN AS BAKHBAJI, OTTOMAN, TURKEY, DATED 1281 AH/11864 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 298 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and black ink, gold roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in two shades of gold and red, catchwords, surah headings written in thuluth in white within illuminated rectangular panels, one illuminated double-page frontispiece in colors and gold, occasional illuminated devices in wide outer margins, in morocco binding with gilt-stamped medallions and cornerpieces decorated.
16 by 11.5 cm.