AN OTTOMAN BOOK OF DUA (PRAYERS) COPIED BY MOSTAFA AL-MAAROUF...
AN OTTOMAN BOOK OF DUA (PRAYERS) COPIED BY MOSTAFA AL-MAAROUF BU MU'AZIN ZADA
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1144 AH (1732 AD)
Arabic text on paper, composed of 74 leaves, 10 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script; inner margins ruled with a gilt fillet, gilt rosettes as verse markers, catchwords, marginal notes, gilt cartouches marking the end of sections, single-page unwan frontispiece illuminated with polychrome arabesques within a gilded niche surmounted by upward-pointing darts; brown and red leather binding with flap, impressed with a central medallion and cornerpieces, copied by Mostafa al-Ma'ruf bi-Mu'azzin Zada, a student of al-Sayyid Abdallah.
15cm x 10cm
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
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AN OTTOMAN BOOK OF DUA (PRAYERS) COPIED BY MOSTAFA AL-MAAROUF BU MU'AZIN ZADA
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1144 AH (1732 AD)
Arabic text on paper, composed of 74 leaves, 10 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script; inner margins ruled with a gilt fillet, gilt rosettes as verse markers, catchwords, marginal notes, gilt cartouches marking the end of sections, single-page unwan frontispiece illuminated with polychrome arabesques within a gilded niche surmounted by upward-pointing darts; brown and red leather binding with flap, impressed with a central medallion and cornerpieces, copied by Mostafa al-Ma'ruf bi-Mu'azzin Zada, a student of al-Sayyid Abdallah.
15cm x 10cm
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
