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Lot 135

Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, copied by Muhammad bin 'azuz, illustrated with two coloured diagrams of the interiors of the holy shrines in the cities of Mecca and Medina
North Africa, dated 16th Ramadan 1279/7th March 1863

8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, copied by Muhammad bin 'azuz, illustrated with two coloured diagrams of the interiors of the holy shrines in the cities of Mecca and Medina
North Africa, dated 16th Ramadan 1279/7th March 1863

Arabic manuscript on paper, 99 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in large maghribi script in black ink with the names of Allah and Muhammad picked out in blue or red, inner margins ruled in blue and red, catchwords in wide outer margins, headings written in thuluth in yellow within coloured panels decorated with floral motifs and arabesques, trimmed, dampstaining mostly restricted to outer margins otherwise in good condition, earlier reddish-brown morocco gilt, larger than actual manuscript, with flap, covers worn, repairs to spine and flap
217 x 154 mm.

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