A RARE ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE GOSPELS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-16TH CENTURY
A RARE ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE GOSPELS OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-16TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 243ff. plus 9 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, titles in gold-outlined red thuluth script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, marginal markers in black and gold thuluth , with four gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, with four original miniature paintings of the Evangelists , in original two-colour gold stamped morocco binding with découpé doublures on blue paper Text panel 1 1/8 x 0¾in. (3 x 2cm.); folio 1 5/8 x 1¼in. (4.3 x 3.1cm. )
A RARE ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE GOSPELS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-16TH CENTURY
A RARE ILLUSTRATED COPY OF THE GOSPELS OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-16TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper, 243ff. plus 9 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, titles in gold-outlined red thuluth script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, marginal markers in black and gold thuluth , with four gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, with four original miniature paintings of the Evangelists , in original two-colour gold stamped morocco binding with découpé doublures on blue paper Text panel 1 1/8 x 0¾in. (3 x 2cm.); folio 1 5/8 x 1¼in. (4.3 x 3.1cm. )
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