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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A PRAYER BOOK IN SAFINAH FORMAT
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 154ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script with black interlinear divisions, text in clouds on gold ground, some folios with Persian interlinear translation in magenta shikasteh script, some words picked out in magenta, titles in magenta thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated heading, in soft red morocco binding
Text panel 4½ x 1¾in. (11.4 x 4.3cm.); folio 5¾ x 2 7/8in. (14.7 x 7.2cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 154ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script with black interlinear divisions, text in clouds on gold ground, some folios with Persian interlinear translation in magenta shikasteh script, some words picked out in magenta, titles in magenta thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated heading, in soft red morocco binding
Text panel 4½ x 1¾in. (11.4 x 4.3cm.); folio 5¾ x 2 7/8in. (14.7 x 7.2cm.)