AN OTTOMAN CHRISTIAN BOOK AND PSALMS AND HYMNS
AN OTTOMAN CHRISTIAN BOOK AND PSALMS AND HYMNS

LEVANT, CIRCA MID-18TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN CHRISTIAN BOOK AND PSALMS AND HYMNS
LEVANT, CIRCA MID-18TH CENTURY
To be recited according to the days of the week, Arabic manuscript on paper, 196ff., each folio with 13ll. of brown naskh script between red and blue rules, with gold roundel verse markers, titles in red naskh script or in larger yellow thuluth script outlined in red, headings in larger brownish gold thuluth script within cartouches, with ten original illustrations depicting prophets and other biblical figures, in replaced Ottoman stamped brown morocco binding
Text panel 3¼ x 2in. (8.3 x 5.3cm.); folio 4 3/8 x 2 7/8in. (11 x 7.3cm.)

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