KITAB AL-DHAKHIRA
KITAB AL-DHAKHIRA
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KITAB AL-DHAKHIRA

SIGNED AL-HUSAYN BIN 'ABD AL-MAWLA, MOROCCO, DATED 17 RABI' II AH 1322

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KITAB AL-DHAKHIRA
SIGNED AL-HUSAYN BIN 'ABD AL-MAWLA, MOROCCO, DATED 17 RABI' II AH 1322
Hadith, Arabic manuscript on paper, 188ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 19ll. of large maghribi sometimes arranged in two columns, with polychrome verse markers in various forms, important words and titles in bold polychrome script, the text within red and blue rules, with catchwords, numerous finely illuminated title and colophon panels for the various chapters, including a double page with the stylized image of the Prophet's footprint, the opening folio and final bifolio with extensive geometric illumination, colophon signed and dated, in restored 19th century morocco with flap
Text panel 10 5/8 x 5 ½in. (27 x 14cm.); folio 13 ¾ x 8 ½in. (35 x 21.5cm.)
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