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SIGNED HASSAN BIN 'ABBAS QALAMI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1243/1827-28 AD
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A FINE PRAYER BOOK IN SAFINA FORMAT IN THREE VOLUMES
SIGNED HASSAN BIN 'ABBAS QALAMI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1243/1827-28 AD
Qur'anic text and prayers, Arabic and Persian manuscript on gold-speckled paper, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script between black and gold rules, titles in blue on gold within illuminated cartouches, text within blue, black and gold rules, an illuminated palmette rising from each text panel into the margin, each volume with opening bifolio finely illuminated in gold and blue, including one diagram, one colophon signed and dated, each in cloth covered binding
Text panel 4 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (12.4 x 5.4cm.); folio 7 x 3 ¾in. (17.8 x 9.6cm.)
SIGNED HASSAN BIN 'ABBAS QALAMI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED AH 1243/1827-28 AD
Qur'anic text and prayers, Arabic and Persian manuscript on gold-speckled paper, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script between black and gold rules, titles in blue on gold within illuminated cartouches, text within blue, black and gold rules, an illuminated palmette rising from each text panel into the margin, each volume with opening bifolio finely illuminated in gold and blue, including one diagram, one colophon signed and dated, each in cloth covered binding
Text panel 4 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (12.4 x 5.4cm.); folio 7 x 3 ¾in. (17.8 x 9.6cm.)
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