Sunday, December 19, 2010

Antique Handwritten Illuminated OTTOMAN QUR'AN 1859 AD / 1276 Hijriah











- a rare religious artefact from middle east
- an antique Qur'an scribed in Ottoman era
- fully handwritten with illumination and pure gold paint
- Qur'an is dated and signed
- completed in 1859/1860 AD or 1276 Hijriah
- scribe/calligrapher was Umar Redai
- complete 30 ajza/chapters with no missing pages
- contains 303 leaves and 606 pages
- writings on 604 pages, all pages have gold frames
- the small painting depicts the hazb market
- relatively small 18cm x 13.5cm
- original cover, embossed with gold paint

(Note: This Qur'an has a new owner now)

3 comments:

  1. is this quran sale? if its how much ?

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    1. Hi, would you mind contacting us using the form at the top right of this page... so that we can reply directly to you. Thanks.

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  2. i have some old hand written qurans please contect me arqamashfaq@gmail.com

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