AN OTTOMAN QUR'AN
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1274 AH (1856 - 7)

Arabic manuscript on paper, 283ff. plus two fly leaves, 15ll. of black naskh to the page, the opening bifolio and colophon illuminated in gold and polychromes, with gold circular aya markings, red highlights, catchwords, set within black, gold and red rulings, the colophon inscribed Seyyed Kordan Zadeh, Ismail Niazi, of the pupils of Suleiman Selimi, dated 1274 AH, in finely gold-tooled deep red calf flapped binding, the text panel 11.3cm x 6.2cm, the folio 16.5cm x 10.2cm.