AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD IBN AMIRZADE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1091 AH/1681-82 AD Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 83 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 13 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black, gold and red, verses separated by polychrome and gold dotted roundels, chapters divided by gold and polychrome cartouches, f.1b and f.16b with a polychrome and gold heading (‘unwan), Hilyah of the Prophet (f.14a), illustrations of Mecca (f.14b) and Medina (f.15a), polychrome and gold verse markers in the margins, in brown gilt and stamped leather binding, with flap text panel: 15.8 by 6.8cm. leaf: 21.2 by 12cm.
AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD IBN AMIRZADE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1091 AH/1681-82 AD Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 83 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 13 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black, gold and red, verses separated by polychrome and gold dotted roundels, chapters divided by gold and polychrome cartouches, f.1b and f.16b with a polychrome and gold heading (‘unwan), Hilyah of the Prophet (f.14a), illustrations of Mecca (f.14b) and Medina (f.15a), polychrome and gold verse markers in the margins, in brown gilt and stamped leather binding, with flap text panel: 15.8 by 6.8cm. leaf: 21.2 by 12cm.
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