FA'IDA RAMZ-E JAFR
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1275/1858-59 AD
FA'IDA RAMZ-E JAFR OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1275/1858-59 AD The Benefit of the Sign of Divination, on occult sciences, Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 17ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with between 6 and 12ll. of small black naskh with double gold intercolumnar borders, text within further gold borders, catchwords, headings in black within gold or red illuminated panels, with 65 contemporary small miniatures each with a bust portrait of a figure in various costumes and carrying various accoutrements, title page giving the dates AH 1211 and AH 1275, in possibly contemporary black morocco with gilt stamped borders, fuchsia paper doublures, some folios loose in binding Text panel 7¼ x 3½in. (18.4 x 9cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5¼in. (22.4 x 13.4cm.)
FA'IDA RAMZ-E JAFR
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1275/1858-59 AD
FA'IDA RAMZ-E JAFR OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1275/1858-59 AD The Benefit of the Sign of Divination, on occult sciences, Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 17ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with between 6 and 12ll. of small black naskh with double gold intercolumnar borders, text within further gold borders, catchwords, headings in black within gold or red illuminated panels, with 65 contemporary small miniatures each with a bust portrait of a figure in various costumes and carrying various accoutrements, title page giving the dates AH 1211 and AH 1275, in possibly contemporary black morocco with gilt stamped borders, fuchsia paper doublures, some folios loose in binding Text panel 7¼ x 3½in. (18.4 x 9cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5¼in. (22.4 x 13.4cm.)
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