A large and finely illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of the Qur'an Mamluk Egypt or Syri...

An Egyptian Illuminated Manuscript, Cairo Egypt, 14th/15th Century, Mamluk Qur'an leaf on paper with illuminations on both sides. H: 15 1/2 W: 11 5/8 in. From Otto F. Ege.

[QU'RAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF.] Manuscript leaf on paper, having Arabic black script in blocked borders, with larger script in three bands. The first side is illuminated with a gilt band with wh

Large initial E with finely detailed floral border including peacocks, a snail, and birds. Text area cut out, in fine silvered reverse painted frame. Label on back with descriptive text, states purcha

[Illuminated Manuscript]. Large Illuminated Initial "D" from a Medieval Book of Hours: Matins.

Bifolium from a large illuminated manuscript of Laurent de Premierfait's French translation of Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes, manuscript on parchment [France or Burgundian Netherlands, second h

[Illuminated Manuscript]. Large Illuminated Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf. Alpha and Omega. God and the S

18th Century, Constantinople, Black Naskh Script, Illuminated Ottoman Manuscript, Quran the central religious text of Islam with Vellum Paper/Pages, Full Morocco Leather, 301 Pages. 4" W x 6.3" H Writ

Ink and gold on paper Mamluk Egypt, 14th/15th century 6 Qur’an sections (juz’) 7 text lines per page; in elegant black muhaqqaq style Sura headings in red Gold and polychrome rosette verse markers

A LARGE MAMLUK BRASS BASIN EGYPT OR SYRIA, 1500-1520 Diameter: 42cm Height: 18cm

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,

PERSAIN illuminated Quran leaves in ESTERN Kufic script, Persia, 15/16th C.Description: Dim.: 30,5 x 20,5 cm Dim.: 24 x 15 cm

‡ The Ascension, within a large initial, from an illuminated manuscript choirbook on parchment [northern Italy (probably Veneto), mid-fourteenth century] Large cutting trimmed to edges, with an

Early Hand Painted Illuminated Manuscript in finely carved and giltwood 19th Century Frame. Toning from age, age splits on frame or in overall good condition. Measures 6-3/8" x 4-5/8", frame measures

The Virgin and her parents, in an initial on a leaf from a large Lectionary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [southern Germany or Austria, fifteenth century] Single large leaf, with a la

Large leaf from a Lectionary, with a large illuminated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (probably Paris), c. 1300] Single large leaf, with large initial 'M' (ope

19th Century Ottoman Illuminated Qur'an Koran. Bound in red leather with gilt floral motif framing the covers and gold leaf on all edges with in-text line breaks. Front titles and verso double panels

Leaf from a Psalter, with a large historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (probably Rouen), mid-thirteenth century] Single leaf, with a large historiated in

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,

antiques roll long Islamic illuminated panel, Persian Qajar Dynasty Qur'an manuscript from 18th century, consisting of handwritten calligraphy inscriptions headed by a miniature painting of a rug, vib

Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum Memorabilium, with a large initial enclosing a monastic reader, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Bologna), second half of fourteent

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF The Nativity, from an illuminated Gradual, single leaf, in Latin on vellum, with large illuminated opening initial 'P' depicting the Holy family, ox and ass in the stable

The Agony in the Garden, a large miniature from a Book of Hours, with a text leaf from the same, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (probably Paris, c. 1510-20] Single leaf, with la

ASIAN: Three illuminated manuscript leaves, probably Persian, 19th C., gouache and ink on paper, two with large figural scenes accompanied by text, one with text verso; one with flowers and text, all

Leaf from a Maghribi Qur'an, with verses 39-47 of surah Ali'Imran (III, Family of Imran) mentioning Jesus and Mary, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Maghrib, mid-thirteenth century] Sin