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SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-KUTAHI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA I AH 1293/MAY-JUNE 1878 AD
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A LARGE OTTOMAN QUR'AN
SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-KUTAHI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA I AH 1293/MAY-JUNE 1878 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 329ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of strong black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, sura headings in white naskh on gold panels, rab'a and hizb marked in red and blue naskh in the margins, juz' marked with elaborate foliate marginal medallions, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, final folio with colophon giving the name of the scribe and date of completion, final folio loose in binding, in original brown morocco with flap decorated with gold lattice design, green paper doublures with floral motifs
Text panel 10 1/8 x 6 ¼in. (25.9 x 16cm.); folio 14 3/8 x 10 ¼in. (36.6 x 26cm.)
SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-KUTAHI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA I AH 1293/MAY-JUNE 1878 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 329ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of strong black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, sura headings in white naskh on gold panels, rab'a and hizb marked in red and blue naskh in the margins, juz' marked with elaborate foliate marginal medallions, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, final folio with colophon giving the name of the scribe and date of completion, final folio loose in binding, in original brown morocco with flap decorated with gold lattice design, green paper doublures with floral motifs
Text panel 10 1/8 x 6 ¼in. (25.9 x 16cm.); folio 14 3/8 x 10 ¼in. (36.6 x 26cm.)
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