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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A PRAYER BOOK
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on dark grey paper, 24ff., each folio with 8ll. of brightly coloured naskh script, each line in clouds on gold ground, titles in coloured thuluth on gold within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with two finely illuminated headpieces, catchwords, in original gilt green morocco binding
Text panel 4 5/8 x 2½in. (11.6 x 6.4cm.); folio 6¾ x 4¼in. (17.3 x 11cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on dark grey paper, 24ff., each folio with 8ll. of brightly coloured naskh script, each line in clouds on gold ground, titles in coloured thuluth on gold within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with two finely illuminated headpieces, catchwords, in original gilt green morocco binding
Text panel 4 5/8 x 2½in. (11.6 x 6.4cm.); folio 6¾ x 4¼in. (17.3 x 11cm.)