AN ILLUMINATED QURAN SIGNED BY MUHAMMED AL-KAMLI,... Lot n° 31
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A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 15 lines, written in black naskh script within gold and black rules, gold roundel verse markers with polychrome dots. Surah headings with gold and rococo decoration, gold and polychrome marginal motifs indicating the 'Juz'. Two opening biofolia heavily gilt with rococo-style polychrome decoration framing 7 lines of black naskh in clouds reserved against a sprinkled gold ground.
The last page with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Dua'a al-khatm) and signed 'Muhammed al-Kamli student of Ali al-Fawzi in Zile and Abdulkader al-Sukri, official calligrapher of the sultan saraya' and dated 1261 AH/1845 AD.
In brown morocco binding with flap decorated with gold painted central medallion and border.
10 by 14 cm.
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