Ottoman Qur'an copied by al-Sayyid Husain al-Hulumi "Hafiz al-Qur'an", in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Turkey, c.1830] 306 leaves, complete, single column, 15 lines of elegant black naskh, diacritics in red, surah headings in white thuluth against gold bands, opening two leaves with illuminated borders, provincially decorated with brightly coloured floral designs against a gold background, colophon on final leaf similarly illuminated, gold roundels marking verses and colourful decorations illuminated in margins, leaves ruled in gold and red, some restoration to first few leaves affecting text, 184 by 116 mm. (written space 120 by 65 mm.); nineteenth century morocco boards with central medallion and corner-pieces heightened in gold, rebacked and extremities matching leather with flap added during restoration The colophon names the scribe as al-Sayyid Husain al-Hulumi, also known as Hafiz al-Qur'an , and identifies him as being a pupil of the calligrapher Husain al-Husni, but unfortunately without including a date. The provincial decoration and machine-made paper are indicative of Ottoman craftsmanship in the 1830s, although the boards used in the binding are probably recycled from an earlier eighteenth-century manuscript.