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SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-SAFI A STUDENT OF MUSTAFA AL-DHAHNI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1178/1764-65 AD
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SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-SAFI A STUDENT OF MUSTAFA AL-DHAHNI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1178/1764-65 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 79ff. plus two fly-leaves, 9ll. of black naskh to the page, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, opening bifolio with two illuminated headpieces, with tables for the names of God and the names of the Prophet Muhammad, two hilyeh compositions, two illustrations of Mecca and Medina, colophon signed and dated, in gilt tooled morocco with flap
Text panel 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 4in. (15.7 x 10.2cm.)
SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-SAFI A STUDENT OF MUSTAFA AL-DHAHNI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1178/1764-65 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 79ff. plus two fly-leaves, 9ll. of black naskh to the page, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, opening bifolio with two illuminated headpieces, with tables for the names of God and the names of the Prophet Muhammad, two hilyeh compositions, two illustrations of Mecca and Medina, colophon signed and dated, in gilt tooled morocco with flap
Text panel 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm.); folio 6 1/8 x 4in. (15.7 x 10.2cm.)
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