Lot Essay
A NOTE IN THE COLOPHON STATES THAT THE CALLIGRAPHER IS A SCRIBE OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE AND SECRETARY TO MEHMED EMIN AGA.
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH RAJAB 1196/26 JUNE-25 JULY 1781 AD
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DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH RAJAB 1196/26 JUNE-25 JULY 1781 AD
ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON POLISHED CREAM PAPER, 82FF. WITH 11LL. OF BLACK OTTOMAN NASKH WITHIN WIDE GOLD MARGINS, GOLD AND POLYCHROME FLORAL ROSETTES BETWEEN PHRASES, ELABORATE GOLD AND POLYCHROME TITLE PAGES AND HEADINGS, TWO MINIATURES OF THE HOLY CITIES WITHIN FLORAL SPANDRELS, FINAL FOLIO WITH COLOPHON SIGNED BY YUSUF KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR'AN AND DATED RAJAB 1196, FOLLOWED BY TWO FLYLEAVES WITH ADDITIONAL PRAYERS, VERY LIGHT STAINING, SOME FOLIOS LOOSE MAROON MOROCCO BINDING WITH FLAP WITH GOLD TOOLED MEDALLION AND SPANDRELS WITH CLOUD BANDS
FOLIO 7 X 4½IN. (18 X 11.5CM.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH RAJAB 1196/26 JUNE-25 JULY 1781 AD
ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON POLISHED CREAM PAPER, 82FF. WITH 11LL. OF BLACK OTTOMAN NASKH WITHIN WIDE GOLD MARGINS, GOLD AND POLYCHROME FLORAL ROSETTES BETWEEN PHRASES, ELABORATE GOLD AND POLYCHROME TITLE PAGES AND HEADINGS, TWO MINIATURES OF THE HOLY CITIES WITHIN FLORAL SPANDRELS, FINAL FOLIO WITH COLOPHON SIGNED BY YUSUF KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR'AN AND DATED RAJAB 1196, FOLLOWED BY TWO FLYLEAVES WITH ADDITIONAL PRAYERS, VERY LIGHT STAINING, SOME FOLIOS LOOSE MAROON MOROCCO BINDING WITH FLAP WITH GOLD TOOLED MEDALLION AND SPANDRELS WITH CLOUD BANDS
FOLIO 7 X 4½IN. (18 X 11.5CM.)