Mustafa NAZIF KARDIGALI EFENDI
Coran ottoman [القرآن الكريم]Complete illuminated Ottoman Qur'an manuscript
Matbaa-i-Osmaniye|Istanbul 1889|13.20 x 18.80 cm|relié
Complete illuminated Ottoman Qur'an manuscript, 1889, 8° (13,2x18,8cm), 612 p., bound.
Complete Ottoman manuscript of the Qur'an, 612 pages written on parchment paper in black, margins ruled in black and red (8,1x13,2cm) enhanced in gilt, text entirely in naskh script on 15 lines per page with gilt and polychrome florets between verses, flanked by large illuminated floral motifs in the margins of certain leaves, finely gilt sura headings.
Customary for Qur'ans, this copy opens with an elaborately and finely hand-illuminated double-page frontispiece in gilt and deep blue. The rest of the lithographed text is hand colored in gilt and red.
The colophon indi
Complete Ottoman manuscript of the Qur'an, 612 pages written on parchment paper in black, margins ruled in black and red (8,1x13,2cm) enhanced in gilt, text entirely in naskh script on 15 lines per page with gilt and polychrome florets between verses, flanked by large illuminated floral motifs in the margins of certain leaves, finely gilt sura headings.
Customary for Qur'ans, this copy opens with an elaborately and finely hand-illuminated double-page frontispiece in gilt and deep blue. The rest of the lithographed text is hand colored in gilt and red.
The colophon indi
€3,500