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Auction archive: Lot number 362

THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY...

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,082 - US$8,470
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$5,082
Auction archive: Lot number 362

THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY...

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$5,082 - US$8,470
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$5,082
Beschreibung:

THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY JAMI'
COPIED BY SULTAN AHMAD AL-HARAWI, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED AH 904/1498-99 AD
THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY JAMI' COPIED BY SULTAN AHMAD AL-HARAWI, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED AH 904/1498-99 AD Hadith, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 8ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq of different sizes, many of the larger done in delicate decoupé, each line contained in plain or gold-sprinkled panels with gold interlinear rules, each folio with two such panels with 4ll. of diagonal nasta'liq , laid down within gold and green rules, space left for illuminated headpiece on the opening folio, many folios loose in binding, in plain brown morocco Folio 8¼ x 4¾in. (20.6 x 12cm.); text panel 5 3/8 x 7in. (14 x 7cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 362
Auction:
Datum:
7 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
7 October 2008, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY JAMI'
COPIED BY SULTAN AHMAD AL-HARAWI, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED AH 904/1498-99 AD
THE FORTY SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET WITH PERSIAN TRANSLATION BY JAMI' COPIED BY SULTAN AHMAD AL-HARAWI, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED AH 904/1498-99 AD Hadith, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 8ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq of different sizes, many of the larger done in delicate decoupé, each line contained in plain or gold-sprinkled panels with gold interlinear rules, each folio with two such panels with 4ll. of diagonal nasta'liq , laid down within gold and green rules, space left for illuminated headpiece on the opening folio, many folios loose in binding, in plain brown morocco Folio 8¼ x 4¾in. (20.6 x 12cm.); text panel 5 3/8 x 7in. (14 x 7cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 362
Auction:
Datum:
7 Oct 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
7 October 2008, London, King Street
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