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NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY MOROCCO, 18TH CENTURY
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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D.1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY MOROCCO, 18TH CENTURY
Prayers in praise of the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, 150ff. plus three fly-leaves, 9ll. of bold black maghribi to page, titles and important words picked out in gold, silver and polychrome ink, text within double red rules, with catchwords, opening bifolio extensively illuminated, numerous illuminated folios, including double-page illuminated compositions, a diagram probably depicting the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, in restored tooled morocco with flap
Text panel 2 ¾ x 2 5/8in (7.1 x 6.7cm.); folio 4 x 3 5/8in. (10 x 9.2cm.)
NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY MOROCCO, 18TH CENTURY
Prayers in praise of the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, 150ff. plus three fly-leaves, 9ll. of bold black maghribi to page, titles and important words picked out in gold, silver and polychrome ink, text within double red rules, with catchwords, opening bifolio extensively illuminated, numerous illuminated folios, including double-page illuminated compositions, a diagram probably depicting the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, in restored tooled morocco with flap
Text panel 2 ¾ x 2 5/8in (7.1 x 6.7cm.); folio 4 x 3 5/8in. (10 x 9.2cm.)
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