221 - Muhammad al-Jazuli: Dal'il al-Khayrat,

Muhammad al-Jazuli: Dal'il al-Khayrat, signed Muhammad al-Qurra' [sic], known as Chaqaji-zadeh, copied at the Old Mosque (Jami al-Atiq, perhaps Jeddah), dated 1185AH/1771AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 68ff., 5fl., 13ll. of black naskh script to the page within thin gold borders ruled in blue and red and wider plain margins ruled in gold and black, heading consisting of plain gold cusped cartouches reserved against blue and floral decoration , catchword to each right page's lower left corner, quartered gold rosette markers picked in red and blue, marginal inscriptions in black and red ink, the illuminated opening folio's narrow headboard consisting of profuse floral decoration surrounding a small blue cusped medallion and a plain gold one below under a cusped pointed arch picked in blue, stylised sprays above, thew whole within red, gold and blue narrow strapwork, the binding tooled with a central mandorla containing interlocking swaying floral tendrils bearing serrated leaves, each corner spandrels and flap with similar decoration, text block previously trimmed, 17 x 11cm., folio 17 x 10.2cm.