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SIGNED MUSTAFA HILMI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1182/1768-69 AD
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SIGNED MUSTAFA HILMI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1182/1768-69 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 296ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of naskh within gold and red ruled text panels, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers and floral marginal medallions, sura headings in white naskh on gold ground with polychrome marginal floral decoration, illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes with scrolling flowers and red, gold and green bands of strapwork, good overall condition, in contemporary gilded morocco
Text panel 4 3/8 x 2½in. (11.1 x 6.4cm.); folio 6¼ x 4in. (15.9 x 10.2cm.)
SIGNED MUSTAFA HILMI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1182/1768-69 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 296ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of naskh within gold and red ruled text panels, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers and floral marginal medallions, sura headings in white naskh on gold ground with polychrome marginal floral decoration, illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes with scrolling flowers and red, gold and green bands of strapwork, good overall condition, in contemporary gilded morocco
Text panel 4 3/8 x 2½in. (11.1 x 6.4cm.); folio 6¼ x 4in. (15.9 x 10.2cm.)
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