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Sura al-In'am with prayers, Ottoman Turkey, early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on...
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Sura al-In'am with prayers, Ottoman Turkey, early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 6ff., with 17ll. of alternating gold thuluth and black muhaqqaq, the remainder of the text on each page written in small elegant naskhi script with diacritics in black, gold florets decorated with alternating blue and red dots between verses, interlinear and intercolumnar rules in gold throughout, margins ruled in black and gold, outer borders of cream coloured paper sprinkled with gold, two illuminated headpieces in colours and gold, water stained, some repairs, loose, discoloration, in red morocco gilt binding, slightly worn., folio 24 cm x 15.4 cm
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