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OTTOMAN KORAN COPIED BY OMAR-AL-ZUHDI AND DATED 1264H./1847. Arabic manuscript consisting of 287 leaves of 15 lines per page calligraphed in beautiful naskh script in black ink on paper. Beautiful, richly illuminated double frontispiece with filleted text in red, black and gold. Sura titles in white thuluTH in gilded cartouches, verse separations with gilded pastilles, floral illumination and marginal annotations in red. Illuminated colophon on a double page, signed by Omar al-Zohdi and dated 1264H./1847. Red morocco flap binding with stamped and gilded decoration. (Restorations). Turkey, 1847. AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN ON PAPER, COPIED BY OMAR-AL-ZUHDI AND DATED 1264H./1847AD. DIM. 14,2 X 10 CM (5 9/16 X 3 15/16 IN.)

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OTTOMAN KORAN COPIED BY OMAR-AL-ZUHDI AND DATED 1264H./1847. Arabic manuscript consisting of 287 leaves of 15 lines per page calligraphed in beautiful naskh script in black ink on paper. Beautiful, richly illuminated double frontispiece with filleted text in red, black and gold. Sura titles in white thuluTH in gilded cartouches, verse separations with gilded pastilles, floral illumination and marginal annotations in red. Illuminated colophon on a double page, signed by Omar al-Zohdi and dated 1264H./1847. Red morocco flap binding with stamped and gilded decoration. (Restorations). Turkey, 1847. AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN ON PAPER, COPIED BY OMAR-AL-ZUHDI AND DATED 1264H./1847AD. DIM. 14,2 X 10 CM (5 9/16 X 3 15/16 IN.)

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