AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED REJA'I, STUDENT OF IBRAHIM RODOSI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1210 AH/1795-96 AD

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED REJA'I, STUDENT OF IBRAHIM RODOSI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1210 AH/1795-96 AD

Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper, 148 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, surah headings or titles in black riqa against a gold ground within cartouches, important works in red, misbound, one illuminated heading (‘unwan) on f.14b, several illustrations and diagrams, including Mecca (f.8b) and Medina (f.9a), the tombs of the first Caliphs (f.9b), the minbar of the Prophet (f.10a), the Tree of Paradise (f.6b) and the Seal of Prophethood (f.7a), in leather gild binding, with flap

text panel: 9.6 by 6cm.

leaf: 15.8 by 10.2cm.