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Lot 214

Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, illustrated with two full-page coloured diagrams of the shrines in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina
North Africa, 19th Century

18 June 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,200 - £1,500

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Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, illustrated with two full-page coloured diagrams of the shrines in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina
North Africa, 19th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, most folios stamped with an Arabic seal impression probably of the papermaker, written in maghribi script, 129 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in a personal maghribi script in black ink, the name of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad and other significant words and sentences picked out in red, green, blue and pink, inner margins ruled in red and blue, catchwords in wide outer borders, headings written in stylised maghribi script in yellow within a coloured rectangular panel with a stylised tree extending into the outer margin, discoloration, some folios loose otherwise in good condition, contemporary brown morocco gilt, with central medallions and cornerpieces decorated with stamped gilt florets, slightly worn, edges of spine damaged, with flap
219 x 173 mm.

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