Lot Essay
For a note on the life and works of the celebrated calligrapher Ahmed al-Nayrizi see lot 97 in this sale.
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SIGNED AHMED AL-NAYRIZI, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1119/1707-08 AD
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PRAYERS FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
SIGNED AHMED AL-NAYRIZI, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1119/1707-08 AD
Prayers for each of the days of the week, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 26ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of strong black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, text panels within gold and polychrome rules on wide margins with gold outer rules, catchwords headings in gold riq'a, occasional marginal notes in colourful naskh and nasta'liq, opening folio with first heading in gold on blue panel with gold floral scroll, final folio signed Ahmed al-Nayrizi and dated 11(0)19, some staining, a few folios loose in binding, in lacquer binding decorated with black medallions and spandrels filled with gold illumination and reserved against brown ground, the doublures of green morocco
Text panel 3 3/8 x 1¾in. (8.5 x 4.7cm.); folio 5 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (13.6 x 8.5cm.)
SIGNED AHMED AL-NAYRIZI, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1119/1707-08 AD
Prayers for each of the days of the week, Arabic manuscript on ivory paper, 26ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of strong black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, text panels within gold and polychrome rules on wide margins with gold outer rules, catchwords headings in gold riq'a, occasional marginal notes in colourful naskh and nasta'liq, opening folio with first heading in gold on blue panel with gold floral scroll, final folio signed Ahmed al-Nayrizi and dated 11(0)19, some staining, a few folios loose in binding, in lacquer binding decorated with black medallions and spandrels filled with gold illumination and reserved against brown ground, the doublures of green morocco
Text panel 3 3/8 x 1¾in. (8.5 x 4.7cm.); folio 5 3/8 x 3 3/8in. (13.6 x 8.5cm.)
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