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SIGNED HAFIZ MUSTAFA EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1191/1776-77 AD
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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D.1472 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
SIGNED HAFIZ MUSTAFA EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1191/1776-77 AD
Prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 92ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh script, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, titles in white naskh script on gold within illuminated cartouches, the opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and with gold floral margins, with gold and polychrome floral medallions, text within thick black and red-ruled gold frame, two original depictions of Mecca and Medina, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, followed by prayers, areas of staining, slightly loose in binding, possibly in original tooled and stamped gilt light brown morocco binding with flap, with gilt doublures
Text panel 4¾ x 2 3/8in. (12 x 6.2cm.); folio 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.)
SIGNED HAFIZ MUSTAFA EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1191/1776-77 AD
Prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 92ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh script, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, titles in white naskh script on gold within illuminated cartouches, the opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and with gold floral margins, with gold and polychrome floral medallions, text within thick black and red-ruled gold frame, two original depictions of Mecca and Medina, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, followed by prayers, areas of staining, slightly loose in binding, possibly in original tooled and stamped gilt light brown morocco binding with flap, with gilt doublures
Text panel 4¾ x 2 3/8in. (12 x 6.2cm.); folio 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.)