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Book of prayers
Ottoman, AH 1185/1771-2 AD
consisting of an assortment of Quranic suras, tables and prayers, manuscript on thin flecked buff paper, 200ff plus two flyleaves, each with 11ll. of neat black naskh, gold roundels between verses, gold margins with black rules, red outer rule, headings generally in white on gold cartouches within illuminated panels, opening double folio with illuminated heading and wide gold and black floral borders, other similar bifolios within text, double page showing Mecca and Medina, (a few folios missing or misbound, some loose, a few slightly damaged or smudged), colophon on final page signed by Muhammad Wafai and dated 1185, contemporary maroon morocco binding with gold stamped medallion and spandrels (both covers loose)
folio 7 x 4½in. (18.3 x 11.2cm.)
text 5 x 2¾in. (12.7 x 7cm.)
Ottoman, AH 1185/1771-2 AD
consisting of an assortment of Quranic suras, tables and prayers, manuscript on thin flecked buff paper, 200ff plus two flyleaves, each with 11ll. of neat black naskh, gold roundels between verses, gold margins with black rules, red outer rule, headings generally in white on gold cartouches within illuminated panels, opening double folio with illuminated heading and wide gold and black floral borders, other similar bifolios within text, double page showing Mecca and Medina, (a few folios missing or misbound, some loose, a few slightly damaged or smudged), colophon on final page signed by Muhammad Wafai and dated 1185, contemporary maroon morocco binding with gold stamped medallion and spandrels (both covers loose)
folio 7 x 4½in. (18.3 x 11.2cm.)
text 5 x 2¾in. (12.7 x 7cm.)