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SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-SAKALBI (?) A STUDENT OF 'IZZET MUSTAFA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1264/1847-48 AD
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A PRAYER BOOK
SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-SAKALBI (?) A STUDENT OF 'IZZET MUSTAFA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1264/1847-48 AD
Comprising Qur'anic verses and prayers, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 102ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, text within gold, blue and black rules, including diagrams, with three gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, occasional marginal notes, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in 19th century Ottoman gilt morocco binding with flap
Text panel 3 5/8 x 1 7/8in. (9.3 x 4.8cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 ¾in. (15.5 x 9.5cm.)
SIGNED 'ALI AL-WASFI AL-SAKALBI (?) A STUDENT OF 'IZZET MUSTAFA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1264/1847-48 AD
Comprising Qur'anic verses and prayers, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 102ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of black naskh script, with gold roundel verse markers, text within gold, blue and black rules, including diagrams, with three gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, occasional marginal notes, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in 19th century Ottoman gilt morocco binding with flap
Text panel 3 5/8 x 1 7/8in. (9.3 x 4.8cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 ¾in. (15.5 x 9.5cm.)
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