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Auction archive: Lot number 42

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,003 - US$12,862
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 42

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56

Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,003 - US$12,862
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56 Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 90 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold and black, the margins with dense annotations, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, gold and polychrome cartouche to mark chapter divisions, f.1b and f.15b with illuminated headings (‘unwan), illustrations of Mecca (f.13b) and Medina (f.14a), in leather gilt-stamped binding, with flap text panel: 10.3 by 6cm. leaf: 16.6 by 11cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56 Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 90 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold and black, the margins with dense annotations, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, gold and polychrome cartouche to mark chapter divisions, f.1b and f.15b with illuminated headings (‘unwan), illustrations of Mecca (f.13b) and Medina (f.14a), in leather gilt-stamped binding, with flap text panel: 10.3 by 6cm. leaf: 16.6 by 11cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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