AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN SIGNED BY AHMED STUDENT... Lot n° 16

Arabic manuscript on paper, 410 leaves, each folio with 13 lines of elegant black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black with polychrome dots, large gilt and polychrome floral marginal 'juz' and hizb medallions', text within gold and black rules. Surah headings in white thuluth script on cartouches with polychrome floral illuminated ground, two opening bifolia fully illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gilt ground. The last page with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Dua'a al-khatm) and signed 'written by al-Fakir Ahmed student of Hafiz Osman known by Hafiz al-Quran'. In brown morocco binding decorated with gold painted central medallion and border. Text panel: 6.5 by 12.5 cm. Folio: 11 by 17 cm.