215 - Muhammad al-Jazuli, Dala’il al-Khayrat,

Muhammad al-Jazuli, Dala’il al-Khayrat, copied by Mustafa al-Shukri ibn Ali, dated 10 Ramadan 1199AH/17 July 1785AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 2fl., 91ff., 11ll. of black and red naskh script to the page within thin gold margins ruled in black and red, the wider plain borders ruled in red, catchword to right page's lower left corner, quartered gold roundel markers, the illuminated opening bifolio with a plain gold cartouche below a a floral trefoil amidst flowers and tendril against a light blue field under a cusped arch, red and green stylised sprays above, first flyleaf with partially erased inscription, last flyleaf with a 17ll. lightly smudged inscription, last flyleaf with further inscription giving dates, tooled gilt binding with lobed central mandorla containing elegant swaying floral tendrils, the corner spandrels and the flap with similar decoration, 16.2 x 11.2cm., folio 16 x 11cm.