Calligraphy frame
Pigments and gold on paper
Ottoman world, 18th - 19th century
size
A set of four manuscript pages, probably taken from a Qur'an, with calligraphy in black and red naskh script spread over 15 lines per page, and gilded cartouches and medallions. The pages have been reassembled into a frieze so as to take the form of a religious scroll.
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