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For a manuscript of probably identical origin and from the same school of illumination, see the following lot.
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PROBABLY TURKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, DATED MONDAY 8 RAJAB AH 1182/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1768 AD
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SHARAF AL-DIN MUHAMMAD BIN SA'ID AL-DALASI AL-BUSIRI (D. 1295 AD): AL-KAWAKIB AL-DURRIYA FI MADH KHAYR AL-BURRIYA (QASIDA AL-BURDA OR POEM OF THE MANTLE)
PROBABLY TURKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, DATED MONDAY 8 RAJAB AH 1182/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1768 AD
And other religious texts including Al-Hijazi's Kitab 'Unwan al-Sharif bi al-Mawlid al-Sharif, Arabic manuscript on paper, 163ff., each folio with 17ll. of bold black naskh script arranged in one central column, some text arranged in two columns, some lines in larger red thuluth script, the borders with square cartouches and words written diagonally within them in green or red, some words picked out in large script illuminated in red, yellow and green, text within double red rules, catchwords, interesting title pages with a central circle bordered with calligraphic cartouches and interlocking motifs in green and red, two colophons dated, folios loose in binding, in original stamped brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 21 x 17.2cm.
PROBABLY TURKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, DATED MONDAY 8 RAJAB AH 1182/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1768 AD
And other religious texts including Al-Hijazi's Kitab 'Unwan al-Sharif bi al-Mawlid al-Sharif, Arabic manuscript on paper, 163ff., each folio with 17ll. of bold black naskh script arranged in one central column, some text arranged in two columns, some lines in larger red thuluth script, the borders with square cartouches and words written diagonally within them in green or red, some words picked out in large script illuminated in red, yellow and green, text within double red rules, catchwords, interesting title pages with a central circle bordered with calligraphic cartouches and interlocking motifs in green and red, two colophons dated, folios loose in binding, in original stamped brown morocco binding with flap
Folio 21 x 17.2cm.
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