AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN JUZ
Ottoman Provinces, dated 1244 AH (1828)

The ‘Amm’ Juz, (Juz 30), Arabic manuscript on paper, 26ff., each folio with 9ll. of black ink naskh script, the opening bifolio with polychrome illuminations and scrolling gold decoration to the margins, gold rosettes aya markers, chapter headings in gold, titles not inscribed, with catchwords, set within gold and black rules, the colophon inscribed by 'Mustafa Shaker ..244’, in plain paper binding, the text panel 8.6cm x 14.3cm, the folio 21cm x 14.3cm.