Lot Essay
This copy of a book of prayers in the Sunni tradition was made for the library of Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Shuja' al-Din.
NEAR EAST, AH SHA'BAN 772/FEBRUARY - MARCH 1371 AD
Details
Abi Zakaria Yahya b. Sharaf b. Mari b. Hasan al-Nawawi (d. 676/1278): Kitab Hilyat al-Abrar wa Huwa al-Adhkar
Near East, AH Sha'ban 772/February - March 1371 AD
Prayers, Arabic manuscript on polished cream paper, 340ff. as numbered, with 15ll. of strong black naskh, chapter headings in gold between gold rosettes, opening gold and polychrome illuminated folio with dedication to owner, final folio with colophon signed Yahya b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-'Ambari al-Husayni and dated Sha'ban 772, light water staining, in later red morocco binding with flap
Folio 10¼ x 7½in. (26.5 x 19cm.)
Near East, AH Sha'ban 772/February - March 1371 AD
Prayers, Arabic manuscript on polished cream paper, 340ff. as numbered, with 15ll. of strong black naskh, chapter headings in gold between gold rosettes, opening gold and polychrome illuminated folio with dedication to owner, final folio with colophon signed Yahya b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-'Ambari al-Husayni and dated Sha'ban 772, light water staining, in later red morocco binding with flap
Folio 10¼ x 7½in. (26.5 x 19cm.)
Sale room notice
The hejira date is equivalent to February-March 1373 AD