Arabic manuscript on paper, 380 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels decorated with alternating red and blue dots, inner margins ruled in gold and red, catchwords in wide margins, sura headings written in thuluth in white within gold panels, one double page of illumination in two shades of gold and some colour, corners rather thumbed, modern red European style binding, with flap, 230 x 150 mm.; and a large group of Arabic, Persian, Indian and Armenian manuscript leaves; and a bound Ethiopian manuscript, 14th-19th Century, including a Qur’an leaf, probably Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 14th/15th century (worming); two leaves from an astrological manuscript in maghribi script, North Africa, 18th/19th Century; a bound Ethiopian manuscript, defects; four unillustrated leaves from a Jain manuscript of the Kalpasutra, Western India, 15th Century; four leaves from an unidentified, probably religious, Armenian manuscript, perhaps 18th Century; and a handwritten note in English possibly detailing the origins of some of the manuscripts in the aftermath of the Battle of Omdurman(approx. 52 leaves) 255 x 170 mm. and smaller(53)
Arabic manuscript on paper, 380 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold roundels decorated with alternating red and blue dots, inner margins ruled in gold and red, catchwords in wide margins, sura headings written in thuluth in white within gold panels, one double page of illumination in two shades of gold and some colour, corners rather thumbed, modern red European style binding, with flap, 230 x 150 mm.; and a large group of Arabic, Persian, Indian and Armenian manuscript leaves; and a bound Ethiopian manuscript, 14th-19th Century, including a Qur’an leaf, probably Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 14th/15th century (worming); two leaves from an astrological manuscript in maghribi script, North Africa, 18th/19th Century; a bound Ethiopian manuscript, defects; four unillustrated leaves from a Jain manuscript of the Kalpasutra, Western India, 15th Century; four leaves from an unidentified, probably religious, Armenian manuscript, perhaps 18th Century; and a handwritten note in English possibly detailing the origins of some of the manuscripts in the aftermath of the Battle of Omdurman(approx. 52 leaves) 255 x 170 mm. and smaller(53)
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