AN OTTOMAN MINIATURE QURAN COPIED BY MAHMOUD SULTANI IN 846 AH/1442 AD

A complete Quran, two volumes, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 12 lines written in black naskh script within gold and polychrome rules, tajwid in red, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black with blue dots. Surah headings in blue thuluth script on a gilt ground, gold and polychrome marginal floral motifs indicating the 'Juz, Hizb and Aushr'. Two opening biofolia heavily with gilt and polychrome decoration framing 4 lines of black naskh script in clouds reserved against a gold ground. Final folio with a prayer for completion of the recitation of the Quran (Due- al-Khatm) signed by 'written by al-Faqir Mahmoud al-Sultani on Muharram 846 AH'. In brown morocco binding decorated with gilt floral motifs. Text panel: 3.5 by 5.5 cm. Folio: 6 by 8.5 cm.