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214 - A book of prayers,
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A book of prayers, copied by Darwish Ahmed known as Cavuszade, Ottoman Turkey, dated AH1136/1723AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 67 ff., 2fl., 11ll. of black and red naskh script to the page within gold margins double ruled in black, catchword to lower left corners below, gold rosettes verse or words markers, the illuminated opening bifolio with plain gold cartouche under a cusped arch, some marginal annotations in black ink, the front and back boards tooled with entrelacs within a gilt lobed cartouche, palmette above and below, the flap with tendrils within a lobed roundel, the whole within gold borders, older label affixed to first flyleaf, with an English note circa 1900 identifying the calligrapher and date, 17 x 11cm., folio 17 x 10cm.
Auction details
Antiquities, Islamic & Indian ArtAuction house
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