Title: Single-volume Qur’an
Date: 17th – 18th century
Location: Provincial Ottoman, possibly the Hijaz
Materials: illuminated opening spread in provincial Ottoman style; text copied in black and gold; surah headings in silver on gold ground; gold-illuminated panels in text throughout; edges of text block sprinled with red
Dimensions: 292 folios; 26.7 x 16.5 cm
Accession Number: QUR 119
Other Notes:
European dark maroon leather binding and flap with gold tooled decoration; marbled paper doublures; most probably by the firm of Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, circa 1900; front and back covers stamped with the silvered tughra of sultan ‘Abdülhamid II
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