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KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D.1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 99ff. plus five fly-leaves, 11ll. of bold black naskh to the page, important words picked out in red, each line within a cloudband on gold ground, text within thick gold and blue frame, with numerous illuminated headpieces in gold and polychrome, including two original diagrams of the Holy Sites of Mecca and Medina, opening bifolio with illuminated margins, in original floral papier-mache binding (damaged)
Text panel 3 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (9.8 x 5.2cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.5 x 9.8cm.)
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 99ff. plus five fly-leaves, 11ll. of bold black naskh to the page, important words picked out in red, each line within a cloudband on gold ground, text within thick gold and blue frame, with numerous illuminated headpieces in gold and polychrome, including two original diagrams of the Holy Sites of Mecca and Medina, opening bifolio with illuminated margins, in original floral papier-mache binding (damaged)
Text panel 3 7/8 x 2 1/8in. (9.8 x 5.2cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.5 x 9.8cm.)
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