A MUNAJAT MANUSCRIPT PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE...
A MUNAJAT MANUSCRIPT PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, dated 1124 AH (1712), signed by Muhammad Muhsin Al-Isfahani Arabic manuscript on paper, 78ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll., in black naskh script, with interlinear Persian translations in red ink in nasta'liq script, the Arabic text within gold clouds, in gold and blue rules, the opening folio with intricate illumination in polychromes and gold, the prayers of the fourth Shia Imam ending with two prayers quoted from the saint Ali, with madder lambskin end paper, within termeh shawl cloth binding edged with gilt tooled leather overlaid on brown lambskin, the folio 15.8cm x 10cm, the text panel 10.5cm x 6.3cm.
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A MUNAJAT MANUSCRIPT PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, dated 1124 AH (1712), signed by Muhammad Muhsin Al-Isfahani Arabic manuscript on paper, 78ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll., in black naskh script, with interlinear Persian translations in red ink in nasta'liq script, the Arabic text within gold clouds, in gold and blue rules, the opening folio with intricate illumination in polychromes and gold, the prayers of the fourth Shia Imam ending with two prayers quoted from the saint Ali, with madder lambskin end paper, within termeh shawl cloth binding edged with gilt tooled leather overlaid on brown lambskin, the folio 15.8cm x 10cm, the text panel 10.5cm x 6.3cm.
Sold for £800
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