MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D.1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY MOROCCO, 17TH CENTURY
Al-Jazuli's renowned work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 210ff. plus two modern flyleaves, each folio with 6 or 7ll. of bold sepia maghribi, titles in bold polychrome maghribi within illuminated cartouches, important words such as Allah and Muhammad in blue, red or yellow, text within blue and red rules, catchwords, two contemporaneous illustrations of the minbar of the Prophet and the tombs of the first Caliphs, copious added notes, in red morocco with gilt highlights
Text panel 6 ¼ x 4in, (15.8 x 10.2cm.); folio 8 ¼ x 6 ¼in. (21 x 15.9cm.)
MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D.1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
NORTH AFRICA, PROBABLY MOROCCO, 17TH CENTURY
Al-Jazuli's renowned work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 210ff. plus two modern flyleaves, each folio with 6 or 7ll. of bold sepia maghribi, titles in bold polychrome maghribi within illuminated cartouches, important words such as Allah and Muhammad in blue, red or yellow, text within blue and red rules, catchwords, two contemporaneous illustrations of the minbar of the Prophet and the tombs of the first Caliphs, copious added notes, in red morocco with gilt highlights
Text panel 6 ¼ x 4in, (15.8 x 10.2cm.); folio 8 ¼ x 6 ¼in. (21 x 15.9cm.)
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