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.
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.
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