AN OTTOMAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman Turkey, 19th...
AN OTTOMAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century, signed Al Hajj Saleh al Ma’rouf be Hafez al Qur’an
A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, in naskh script, 122ff. plus one fly leaf, each folio with 11ll., in black ink with red highlights, text within gold borders with red and black ruling, opening page illuminated and with gold dashes between lines, chapter headings in red ink, text markings in gold rosettes, catchwords, opening of first hizb with delicate tracery illumination in red and gold, bifolio after the names of the prophet charmingly illuminated with a minbar and three cenotaphs visible through a mosque’s trellised arch, seven blind-ruled blank sides, one marked in purple ink with ‘Hassan Sai’d’, commentary at the end later and in inferior ink, in 20th century black calf binding printed with a gilt trellis pattern, the text panel 12.8cm x 7cm and the folio 16.00 x 10.5cm.
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AN OTTOMAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century, signed Al Hajj Saleh al Ma’rouf be Hafez al Qur’an
A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, in naskh script, 122ff. plus one fly leaf, each folio with 11ll., in black ink with red highlights, text within gold borders with red and black ruling, opening page illuminated and with gold dashes between lines, chapter headings in red ink, text markings in gold rosettes, catchwords, opening of first hizb with delicate tracery illumination in red and gold, bifolio after the names of the prophet charmingly illuminated with a minbar and three cenotaphs visible through a mosque’s trellised arch, seven blind-ruled blank sides, one marked in purple ink with ‘Hassan Sai’d’, commentary at the end later and in inferior ink, in 20th century black calf binding printed with a gilt trellis pattern, the text panel 12.8cm x 7cm and the folio 16.00 x 10.5cm.
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