Original Turkish Ottoman Koran Leaf Large Gold Illuminated Border Medallion

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Original Turkish Ottoman Koran Leaf Large Gold Illuminated Border Medallion :
$14.99

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This is a leaf from a fragment of an illuminated Koran, Ottoman, circa late 1700 to early 1800’s, on high quality burnished paper (178x119 mm.). There are fifteen lines of text in a delicate but firm black naskhi script, with full vowels and diacritical signs, rules in gold, blue and red, gold rosettes, illuminated Surah headings of white thuluth script on a gold ground and marginal devices in polychrome atypical of that era. The.verso fifteen lines of black naskhi script.

A Great Gift For Any Manuscript Collector

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