AL-JAZULI, 'DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT WA SHAWRIQ AL-ANWAR', TWO COLOURED DIAGRAMS OF THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET AND THE MIHRAB IN THE MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET AT MEDINA
NORTH AFRICA, MOROCCO, 19th CENTURY
£756
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
prayer book, Arabic manuscript on paper, 233 leaves, each folio with 7 lines of maghribi script in dark brown ink, significant words in red ink, within double ruled margins in red, three pages in with coloured roundels containing invocations and prayers (one damaged), and one with coloured geometric design, within tooled maroon Morocco leather binding with flap
Dimensions
9.5cm x 10.2cm (3 ¾in x 4 1/8in)