Illuminated Ottoman Koran - Lot 100

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Illuminated Ottoman Koran - Lot 100
Illuminated Ottoman Koran Copied by Ya'qub Fawzi (Yakub Fevzi) Ink, pigments and gold on paper Binding and case (Western) in stamped and gilded brown leather, red silk Turkey, dated 1227 AH (1812 AD) H. 16.5 cm - W. 10.5 cm - D. 3 cm (manuscript) AR The Qur'an opens with a richly illuminated bifolio, with the first two Suras inscribed in black and white ink in reserve on a gilded background, in cartouches with floral decoration on a gilded background, framed by friezes of squared motifs on a pink background. pink background. The margins of the bifolio are also entirely illuminated with friezes of polychrome and gold foliage. On the following pages, the Qur'an is inscribed in black ink on fifteen lines per page within polychrome and gilded in polychrome and gold. Verse separations are marked by polychrome and gold pastilles. The titles of the Suras are inscribed in white within illuminated cartouches featuring floral motifs on a gold background, framed by colored friezes. The margins of some pages feature illuminated floral vignettes and indications in red or gold. On the last page, the colophon indicates the name of the calligrapher: "Ya'qub Fawzi, pupil of Husayn (Hüseyin) known as Hamid name of Hamid in 1227" (1812-13 AH). This calligrapher does not appear to be listed. An album of calligraphy in thultuh and naskh dated 1204 AH (1789-90 AD) by his teacher Hamid Efendi is in the Topkapi Saray, and a Hilye-i Şerif dated 1207 AH (1792-93 AD) was in the Ibnülemin collection (Mahmud Kemal Inal [Ibnülemin], Son Hattatlar, Istanbul, 1955, p. 783). The manuscript ends with a gold-painted bouquet in a cartouche bordered by a pink frieze. The (western) brown leather flap binding features stamped and gilded decoration: on the boards (kapak) and flap (mikleb) a floral mandorla surrounded by sunburst motifs and four spandrels; on the edge (sırt) five floral friezes five floral friezes; on the sertab (flap edge), four stamped and gilded bouquets. Inside, the two boards, endpapers and and the mikleb are covered in silk fabric with plant motifs reminiscent of marbled paper. The storage case is in brown leather, with stamped and gilded decoration of interlocking cartouches, garlands, palmettes and floral motifs on both sides. A label indicates the names of the gilder (Bayezid) and bookbinder (Ali Reza). Condition Manuscript reduced and rebacked in a European binding. Pages: stains, traces of damp, repairs and wear to the gilding (notably on the opening bifolio). Later western binding: wear and tear, a few small wormholes, gilding wear. Good overall condition given its age.
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