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QUR'AN QUR'AN
SIGNED MUHAMMAD KNOWN AS FERAYAZI, SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-LAYTHI,
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, DATED AH 1172/1758 AD OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 21 DHU'L QA'DA
Arabic manuscript on paper, 228ff. plus eight AH 1295/15 NOVEMBER 1878 AD
flyleaves, each folio with 15ll. of tight black naskh, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 257ff. with four
within red and gold rules, gold rosette verse flyleaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh within
markers, catchwords, gold and blue marginal red and blue rules, gold circle verse markers,
medallions, sura headings in red, illuminated occasional notes and corrections in the margins,
opening bifolio each with 7ll. of black naskh, flower appliqués marking divisions, sura headings
the final folio with 8ll. set within circular frame, in red ink, the opening bifolio with bright gold
colophon with signature and date, later brown illumination framing 5ll. of text in clouds on floral
leather binding without flap, the front cover with gold ground, colophon signed and dated, in
tooled and gilt medallion with pendants and contemporaneous red-brown leather binding with
spandrels, cream paper doublures flap with gilt lattice design, paper doublures
Text panel 4¬ x 2æin. (11.8 x 6.9cm.); folio 6¬ x Text panel 9º x 5qin. (23.2 x 13.7cm.); folio 12q x
4ºin. (16.9 x 10.7cm.) 8ºin. (32 x 21.5cm.)
£2,000-3,000 US$2,300-3,400 £3,000-5,000 US$3,500-5,700
€2,300-3,400 €3,500-5,700

PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York

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EIGHT OTTOMAN QUR'AN JUZ' QUR'AN
SIGNED HABIB AL-DAIMI STUDENT OF MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
HASAN AL-RUSHDI, OTTOMAN EMPIRE,
Arabic manuscript on paper, 524ff. plus two
DATED AH 1187/1773-74 AD
flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. of black naskh with
Comprising juz' I, II, III, XII, XXIV, XXV, XXIX and interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq,
XXX each separately bound, Arabic manuscript within thick gold and polychrome rules, gold circle
on paper, each juz' comprising between 20 verse markers, margins with some commentary
and 23ff., with 9ll. of black naskh, within gold, and gold outer border, gold marginal medallions
blue and red rules, gold rosette verse markers, marking ashr and ajza', sura headings in white
catchwords, sura headings in gold illuminated thuluth on gold illuminated panels, catchwords,
panels, opening bifolio of each juz' with gold and opening bifolio with illuminated panel framing 4ll.
polychrome illuminated headpiece, one volume of black naskh, following bifolio with illuminated
with a colophon signed and dated, each juz' in headpiece, cloudbands and gold stenciling in
contemporaneous red leather binding with tooled margins, in red leather binding with medallion
and gilt medallion design, the doublures with medallion and
Text panel 7¿ x 4in. (18 x 10.1cm.); folio 9º x 5win. pendants, incomplete including ayat I to LVI,
(23.4 x 14.7cm.) (8) binding mostly loose and in fragile condition
Text panel 11 x 6¬in. (27.7 x 16.8cm.); folio 15 x
£2,000-3,000 US$2,300-3,400 10¬in. (38.1 x 27cm.)
€2,300-3,400
£4,000-6,000 US$4,600-6,900
€4,600-6,800
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
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