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SIGNED ABU MUHAMMAD ABI AL-MAKARIM AL-MURSHIDI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
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A PRAYER BOOK
SIGNED ABU MUHAMMAD ABI AL-MAKARIM AL-MURSHIDI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Including the prayers of the day of the week, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 16ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 8ll. of gold naskh script outlined in black in clouds on hatched ground or black nasta'liq script, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, titles in white thuluth script outlined in black on gold illuminated ground within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with coloured paper borders, some with gold illumination, with two gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, in contemporaneous stamped morocco binding with gilt highlights
Text panel 5 1/8 x 2 5/8in. (12.8 x 13cm.); folio 7½ x 5in. (19.4 x 12.6cm.)
SIGNED ABU MUHAMMAD ABI AL-MAKARIM AL-MURSHIDI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Including the prayers of the day of the week, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 16ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 8ll. of gold naskh script outlined in black in clouds on hatched ground or black nasta'liq script, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, titles in white thuluth script outlined in black on gold illuminated ground within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with coloured paper borders, some with gold illumination, with two gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, in contemporaneous stamped morocco binding with gilt highlights
Text panel 5 1/8 x 2 5/8in. (12.8 x 13cm.); folio 7½ x 5in. (19.4 x 12.6cm.)