MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI MAJLISI (D. AH 1110/1698 AD): ZAD AL-MA'AD
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD JAFAR 'ALI REZA, QAJAR IRAN, DATED SAFAR AH 1257/JULY-AUGUST 1834 AD
A book of prayers in the Shi'ite tradition, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 355ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, each with between 12 and 20ll. of crisp black naskh with important words and headings picked out in red or blue, most folios with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, text panels outlined in gold, outer margins similar, catchwords, the months marked in red naskh in the upper outer corners of each folio, opening folio with text in clouds reserved against gold and with finely illuminated margins and headpiece, a number of similarly illuminated heading panels within the text, colophon dated and signed, occasional later owners' notes, in original lacquer binding with floral design within a border of calligraphic cartouches, binding dated AH 1257, doublures of red lacquer with floral gilt border
Text panel 6¾ x 3¾in. (17 x 9.2cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 6 3/8in. (25 x 16cm.)
MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI MAJLISI (D. AH 1110/1698 AD): ZAD AL-MA'AD
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD JAFAR 'ALI REZA, QAJAR IRAN, DATED SAFAR AH 1257/JULY-AUGUST 1834 AD
A book of prayers in the Shi'ite tradition, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 355ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, each with between 12 and 20ll. of crisp black naskh with important words and headings picked out in red or blue, most folios with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, text panels outlined in gold, outer margins similar, catchwords, the months marked in red naskh in the upper outer corners of each folio, opening folio with text in clouds reserved against gold and with finely illuminated margins and headpiece, a number of similarly illuminated heading panels within the text, colophon dated and signed, occasional later owners' notes, in original lacquer binding with floral design within a border of calligraphic cartouches, binding dated AH 1257, doublures of red lacquer with floral gilt border
Text panel 6¾ x 3¾in. (17 x 9.2cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 6 3/8in. (25 x 16cm.)
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