BY AHMAD AL-NEIRIZI, ISFAHAN, PERSIA, CIRCA 1740
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Kitab Du'a
by Ahmad al-Neirizi, Isfahan, Persia, circa 1740
Manuscript on polished cream paper, 14ff., each with 7ll strong black naskh, titles in red naskh, later added gold clouds around text and polychrome illumination around title cartouches, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, remargined, occasional slight smudging, opening bifolio with finely illuminated Qajar heading and borders, flyleaves with later owners' annotations, Qajar soft red leather binding with lightly tooled gold open medallion and borders
Folio 5¾ x 3 5/8in. (14.5 x 9.4cm.); text 4¼ x 2½in. (10.9 x 6.5cm.)
by Ahmad al-Neirizi, Isfahan, Persia, circa 1740
Manuscript on polished cream paper, 14ff., each with 7ll strong black naskh, titles in red naskh, later added gold clouds around text and polychrome illumination around title cartouches, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, remargined, occasional slight smudging, opening bifolio with finely illuminated Qajar heading and borders, flyleaves with later owners' annotations, Qajar soft red leather binding with lightly tooled gold open medallion and borders
Folio 5¾ x 3 5/8in. (14.5 x 9.4cm.); text 4¼ x 2½in. (10.9 x 6.5cm.)