Dalaïl al-Khayrat - Livre de prières
An illuminated Dala'il al-khayrat, Morocco, 19th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in black ink, certain words picked out in red and blue, headings in colours and gold with stylised palmettes extending into the margin, ruled in red and blue, containing two diagrams, one of the tombs of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, the other of the Prophet’s minbar.
