An illuminated prayer book including Dala'il al-Khayrat, copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1239 AH/1823-24 AD
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October 23, 01:24 PM GMT
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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
Arabic manuscript on paper, 119 leaves, plus 3 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, headings and key words picked out in red, verses separated by gold roundels with blue and red dots, within black and gold rules, headings in white on gold illuminated panels, f.1b with a gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting text in clouds reserved against a gold ground, a further illuminated headpiece within the text, f.13b and 14a with illustrations of Mecca and Medina, in gilt brown leather binding
text panel: 9.5 by 5.3cm.
leaf: 15 by 9.6cm.
Ex-collection Michel Abemayor (1912-75), New York
A Qur’an copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi is in the Istanbul University Rare Books Library (inv. no.A.6671, see Derman 2010, pp.316-321, no.79). The colophon to that manuscript names his teacher as Omer Vasfi Efendi, however, other sources indicate that he was taught by Akmolla Omer and, elsewhere, Mahmud Raci Efendi (ibid., p.316). Our scribe is also credited with the calligraphic bands and foundational inscription of the Hamidiye mausoleum in Bahcekapi (ibid.).
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