PROBABLY YEMEN, 16TH CENTURY
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Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Musa known as Abu'l Hasan al-Sharif al-Radi (d. AH 406/1016 AD): Nahj al-Balaghah
Probably Yemen, 16th Century
Poems, lectures and other writings made by 'Ali b. Abi Talib, the son-in-law of the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, 134ff. with 21ll. of small black naskh, occasional words and titles in red, many marginal notes, opening title in black thuluth on red hatched ground, colophon with signature of Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Salah al-Sharfi, staining, folios loose, in brown morocco binding and flap, split and worn
Folio 8½ x 6in. (21.5 x 15cm.)
Probably Yemen, 16th Century
Poems, lectures and other writings made by 'Ali b. Abi Talib, the son-in-law of the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, 134ff. with 21ll. of small black naskh, occasional words and titles in red, many marginal notes, opening title in black thuluth on red hatched ground, colophon with signature of Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Salah al-Sharfi, staining, folios loose, in brown morocco binding and flap, split and worn
Folio 8½ x 6in. (21.5 x 15cm.)