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SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHUKRI AL-ZAGHRAWI, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR EGYPT, DATED AH 1278/1861-2 AD
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SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHUKRI AL-ZAGHRAWI, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR EGYPT, DATED AH 1278/1861-2 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 301ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in white thuluth script on gold ground within cartouches, text within red and black-ruled gold frame, marginal section markers in red naskh script, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces and margins, colophon within illuminated frame, with gilt green paper doublures, in stamped brown morocco binding with flap
Text panel 4 3/8 x 2 3/8in. (11.3 x 5.8cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 4½in. (17.4 x 11.3cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD SHUKRI AL-ZAGHRAWI, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR EGYPT, DATED AH 1278/1861-2 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 301ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in white thuluth script on gold ground within cartouches, text within red and black-ruled gold frame, marginal section markers in red naskh script, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces and margins, colophon within illuminated frame, with gilt green paper doublures, in stamped brown morocco binding with flap
Text panel 4 3/8 x 2 3/8in. (11.3 x 5.8cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 4½in. (17.4 x 11.3cm.)