The forty hadith of the Prophet with their versifications by ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami, signed by Salim al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Mashhad, dated 968 AH/1560 AD Persian manuscript on polished, gold-sprinkled paper of various colours, 9 leaves, 7 lines to the page, comprising 4 lines written horizontally and diagonally in small and fine nasta'liq script in black ink (the versifications), with 3 lines of large white nasta'liq script (the hadith texts), set into marbled outer borders, margins ruled in blue and gold, opening page with illuminated headpiece, Ottoman 15th-century red morocco binding with tooled central medallions filled with interlacing flowerheads and split-palmettes, gilt rope-work borders, with flap 23.2 by 16.2cm.
The forty hadith of the Prophet with their versifications by ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami, signed by Salim al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Mashhad, dated 968 AH/1560 AD Persian manuscript on polished, gold-sprinkled paper of various colours, 9 leaves, 7 lines to the page, comprising 4 lines written horizontally and diagonally in small and fine nasta'liq script in black ink (the versifications), with 3 lines of large white nasta'liq script (the hadith texts), set into marbled outer borders, margins ruled in blue and gold, opening page with illuminated headpiece, Ottoman 15th-century red morocco binding with tooled central medallions filled with interlacing flowerheads and split-palmettes, gilt rope-work borders, with flap 23.2 by 16.2cm.
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