A calligraphic album, signed by Ahmed Karahisari, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 923 AH/1517-18 AD

comprising Hadith, Arabic and Persian verses, and calligraphic mufredat, Arabic and Persian manuscript on buff and green paper, 16 leaves, plus 2 fly leaves, the text written in naskh, thuluth, and nasta'liq in black ink, verses separated by gold roundels, within gold and black rules, remounted within later gold-speckled margins, final 2 leaves with text on a ground of stencilled and gilt flowers with colophon signed and dated, in gilt and stamped brown leather binding

text panel: 21.7 by 11.4cm. (largest)

leaf: 30.7 by 20cm.