AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream paper, 178 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, green, red and black, verses separated by black-outlined gold roundels, the word Allah picked out in red, the bifolia f.1b-2a and f.8b-9a with illuminated headings (‘unwan) and gold and polychrome borders, illustrations of Mecca (f.29b), Medina (f.30b) and the tombs of the first three Caliphs (f.31a), in modern leather gilt-stamped binding, with flap text panel: 17.7 by 8.5cm.leaf: 24.5 by 14cm.
AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream paper, 178 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, green, red and black, verses separated by black-outlined gold roundels, the word Allah picked out in red, the bifolia f.1b-2a and f.8b-9a with illuminated headings (‘unwan) and gold and polychrome borders, illustrations of Mecca (f.29b), Medina (f.30b) and the tombs of the first three Caliphs (f.31a), in modern leather gilt-stamped binding, with flap text panel: 17.7 by 8.5cm.leaf: 24.5 by 14cm.
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