Sale 5169
London
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26 April 2012
Price realised
GBP 15,000
Estimate
A TESTAMENT OF LINEAGE GOING BACK TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD ANDALUSIA, DATED THE BEGINNING OF RABI' I AH 1029/FEBRUARY 1620 AD Arabic manuscript on vellum with 44ll. of polychrome naskh with several words highlighted in gold, with a line of signatures and two stamped seals on the lower end as well as further notes in naskh along the lower margin, set within polychrome margins with scrolling floral vines with fleur-de-lys set inside double-ruled borders, small areas of loss to margins of the vellum 32¼ x 22¾in. (82 x 57.8cm.) at maximum
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