Lot Essay
The colophon states that this manuscript was copied in Mecca, in the direction of the Ka'ba.
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SIGNED MUHYI AL-DIN BIN MUHAMMAD FAQIR AL-USTADH TAJ AL-'ARIFIN ABU AL-HASAN AL-BAKARI, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED THURSDAY 8 OR 9 RABI' II AH 963/20-21 FEBRUARY 1556 AD
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ABU MUHAMMAD 'ABDULLAH BIN YUSUF BIN HISHAM AL-ANSARI (D. 761 AH): KITAB MUGHNI AL-LABIB 'AN KUTUB AL-'ARA'IB
SIGNED MUHYI AL-DIN BIN MUHAMMAD FAQIR AL-USTADH TAJ AL-'ARIFIN ABU AL-HASAN AL-BAKARI, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED THURSDAY 8 OR 9 RABI' II AH 963/20-21 FEBRUARY 1556 AD
A treatise on Arabic grammar, Arabic manuscript on fine probably Ottoman cream paper, 193ff., each folio with 27ll. of small black naskh script, important words in red, some words highlighted in red, occasional marginal notes, with catchwords, colophon signed and dated, paginated, opening folio with later added gold and polychrome illumination, in Ottoman 17th century brown morocco binding
Folio 10 7/8 x 7 ¼in. (27.8 x 18.6cm.)
SIGNED MUHYI AL-DIN BIN MUHAMMAD FAQIR AL-USTADH TAJ AL-'ARIFIN ABU AL-HASAN AL-BAKARI, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED THURSDAY 8 OR 9 RABI' II AH 963/20-21 FEBRUARY 1556 AD
A treatise on Arabic grammar, Arabic manuscript on fine probably Ottoman cream paper, 193ff., each folio with 27ll. of small black naskh script, important words in red, some words highlighted in red, occasional marginal notes, with catchwords, colophon signed and dated, paginated, opening folio with later added gold and polychrome illumination, in Ottoman 17th century brown morocco binding
Folio 10 7/8 x 7 ¼in. (27.8 x 18.6cm.)
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