£6,000
AN ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT, RELIGIOUS BOOK, SHAMA’IL MUHAMMADIYA, COMMENTARY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, SIGNED BY ABU AL-QASIM BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF AL-FASI, NORTH AFRICA, MOROCCO OR FEZ, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 57 titles in gold thuluth some with marginal gold rosettes, 9 lines of sepia Maghribi script, catchwords in red and gold, text outlined with red and green rules, marginal notes in red and black, marginal section indicators in gold , outlined with dark sepia, with red dashed design on plain ground, headings in gold thuluth script, outlined with dark sepia, marginal extensions in rosette form, in gold and red , outlined with blue, opening bifolio highly fine illuminated in gold and polychrome , colophon signed and dated, red Moroccan original binding with flap.
Folio: 23.4 x 17.9 cm Text: 17.6 x 12.1 cm
Date: 1701 or 1711 AD
Provenance: Christie's
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