55 - A Qur'an,

A Qur'an, signed Muhammad Amin ibn Ahmed al-Makki, Ottoman Empire, dated 918 AH (1512 CE), possibly a spurious date, Arabic manuscript on paper, 288ff., 2ff., 15ll. of black naskh to the page, the first four folios with interlinear gold cloud bands, headers in gold script within plain rectangular panel, plain gold roundel markers, within thin gold borders ruled in black, plain wide borders, marginal annotations in black, red and gold to highlight section markers, the illuminated opening bifolio with rising drop shaped medallion amidst profuse scrolling floral tendrils against blue and gold under an arcade of lobed pointed arch, the central one with trefoil finial, a plain gold cusped cartouche below, the text panel with 6ll. of script flanked by two columns of flowers and within red strapwork picked in white, floral margins, the borders with floral trilobed medallions against gold floral field, restored Qajar lacquered papier-mâché covers with rose bushes within red and green borders, their inside with oversize floral spray against red, 20.4 x 13.5cm., folio 20 x 11.8cm.