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Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book from Al-Jazuli Polychrome pigments on paper, gilt embossed leather binding Morocco, 19th century H. 16 cm - W. 14 cm - D. 5 cm This square Arabic manuscript has seven lines per page in Maghribi script, written in black ink with red highlights. The opening folio has a polychrome illuminated title in floral cartouches. It contains polychrome illustrations, notably of the mosque in Medina and the tomb of the Prophet. Bound in leather with stamped and gilt decoration.
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Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book from Al-Jazuli Polychrome pigments on paper, gilt embossed leather binding Morocco, 19th century H. 16 cm - W. 14 cm - D. 5 cm This square Arabic manuscript has seven lines per page in Maghribi script, written in black ink with red highlights. The opening folio has a polychrome illuminated title in floral cartouches. It contains polychrome illustrations, notably of the mosque in Medina and the tomb of the Prophet. Bound in leather with stamped and gilt decoration.
