An illuminated book of prayers, copied by Mustafa, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1155 AH/1742-42 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 65 leaves, plus 3 fly leaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, key words picked out in red, within gold and black rules, verses separated by gold roundels, f.1b with illuminated headpiece surmounting text, f.26b and f.27a with illustrations of the minbar of the Prophet and the tombs of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and Umar, colophon signed and dated, in gilt and stamped brown leather binding with flap

text panel: 12.2 by 6.2cm.

leaf: 17.9 by 9.9cm.