A calligraphic manuscript comprising The Ninety-Nine Names of God, each name in a stylised form imitating the technique of stencilling, probably India, 19th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 57 leaves, each name written in muhaqqaq-style script within a square on alternating pink and yellow grounds, catchwords, Persian commentaries written diagonally in nasta'liq script in outer margins, some crude repairs, waterstaining mostly restricted to outer margins, later brown morocco, slightly worn
175 x 132 mm.
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Arabic manuscript on paper, 57 leaves, each name written in muhaqqaq-style script within a square on alternating pink and yellow grounds, catchwords, Persian commentaries written diagonally in nasta'liq script in outer margins, some crude repairs, waterstaining mostly restricted to outer margins, later brown morocco, slightly worn
175 x 132 mm.