Highly Illuminated Arabic Manuscript. Complete Quran Book, Signed and Dated. About 300 folios (600 pages); size: 11.8 x 16.4 cm; written surface: 6.2 x 10.8 cm; 15 lines to a page, in clear, elegant, and uniform naskhī script, in black ink, on beige paper. The text is vocalized throughout. There are two handsomely illuminated pages in the beginning. Most headings of suras are written in white ink on gold background, but some white ink has been erased due to constant use. All verses are separated by gold discs. All pages are ruled in several lines of gold and blue. The divisions of the Koran are marked by marginal medallions in gold and colors. There are tens of such medallions. The recitational marks are indicated in red throughout. The Koran was written by the master calligrapher Husayn al-Husni, a student of Ibn Alinbad Zadeh Khalil as-Safi, Known as Tawfiqi at the end of Jumada al-Akhir in the year 1217 corresponding to 10th of October 1802 AD. The style of calligraphy, the decorations, and the illuminations indicate that it is an Ottoman Turkish Koran. Contemporary full morocco binding, with a flap in the traditional Islamic bookbinding. Binding is repaired and rebacked, minor smudging, otherwise a very clean Koran, in very good condition. From The Estate Of Dr Alwan MA USA.