Talismanic shirt, gouache and ink on cotton, the front of the simple rectangular shift covered on both sides with panels filled with with lines of script, tables, small magic squares and drawings of astrological signs and similar, the back with a large magic square 45 x 54, similar panels as front above, border of text round each side, (some staining and small holes), Qajar Persia, 19th century - 20¾ x 25in. (53 x 63.5cm.); Work apparently on the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, containing panels of text within red rules, some folios with panels of numbers, words and letters, headings in red and black, penultimate folio with diagrams and magic scripts, in brown morocco binding - Levant, 19th century - 11¾ x 8¼in. (30 x 21cm.); and another work, apparently on the Kaba, Arabic manuscript on paper, 20ll. of black naskh, headings in red and in larger script, occasional tables, folios loose in black morocco binding, Levant, circa 16th century - 8¾ x 6in. (22.2 x 15.2cm.)

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Talismanic shirt, gouache and ink on cotton, the front of the simple rectangular shift covered on both sides with panels filled with with lines of script, tables, small magic squares and drawings of astrological signs and similar, the back with a large magic square 45 x 54, similar panels as front above, border of text round each side, (some staining and small holes), Qajar Persia, 19th century - 20¾ x 25in. (53 x 63.5cm.); Work apparently on the Prophet, Arabic manuscript on paper, containing panels of text within red rules, some folios with panels of numbers, words and letters, headings in red and black, penultimate folio with diagrams and magic scripts, in brown morocco binding - Levant, 19th century - 11¾ x 8¼in. (30 x 21cm.); and another work, apparently on the Kaba, Arabic manuscript on paper, 20ll. of black naskh, headings in red and in larger script, occasional tables, folios loose in black morocco binding, Levant, circa 16th century - 8¾ x 6in. (22.2 x 15.2cm.)
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