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COLLECTION
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A PRAYER BOOK
SIGNED MUSTAFA HILMI
STUDENT OF AL-KUTAHI,
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH
1200/1786-87 AD
Including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat,
Arabic manuscript on paper, 96ff. and
two flyleaves, each folio with 11ll. of
black naskh, key words picked out in
blue, within gold, black and red rules,
gold and polychrome rosettes marking
verses, headings in white naskh on gold
and polychrome illuminated panels,
catchwords, marginal notes in red and
black, the opening bifolio with gold
and polychrome illuminated headpiece
surmounting text in clouds reserved
against a gold ground, within gold and
polychrome floral margins, colophon
signed and dated, in original dark
brown morocco with flap
Text panel 4¡ x 2¡in. (11.2 x 6.2cm.);
folio 6Ω x 4¿in. (16.6 x 10.5cm.)
£4,000-6,000 US$5,600-8,400
€4,700-6,900

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QUR'AN
SIGNED AHMAD WAHBI,
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED
RAJAB AH 1236/APRIL-MAY 1821
AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 305ff.
plus five flyeaves, each folio with lines
of black naskh, in gold, black and red
rules, gold rosette verse markers,
sura headings in gold and polychrome
illuminated panels, the opening bifolio
illuminated in gold and polychrome
framing 7ll. of naskh in clouds reserved
against a gold ground, final folio with
colophon in a gold and polychrome
illuminated panel, signed and dated, in
dark brown morocco with flap, original
slip case
Text panel 3√ x 2in. (10.1 x 5.3cm.);
folio 6¬ x 4¿in. (16.7 x 10.5cm.)
£6,000-8,000 US$8,400-11,000
€7,000-9,200
The colophon of this manuscript
states that it was written by Ahmad
Wahbi, a student of Muhammad
Efendi, himself a student of 'Uthman
known as 'Imad al-Afif.

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