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Auction archive: Lot number 271

MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, MOROCCO, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Auction 14.10.2005
14 Oct 2005
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,058 - US$1,410
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,232
Auction archive: Lot number 271

MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, MOROCCO, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Auction 14.10.2005
14 Oct 2005
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$1,058 - US$1,410
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,232
Beschreibung:

MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, MOROCCO, LATE 19TH CENTURY Signs of the Blessings, poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on polished cream, blue, pink and peach paper, 282ff. with 11ll. of elegant black maghribi in blue and gold ruled margins, important words in gold outlined in black, 14pp. of very finely illuminated geometric and calligraphic designs in gold, blue, orange and green, followed by a double-page stylised footprint of the Prophet and then stylised images of the mosques of Mecca and Medina and an illuminated double-page opening, numerous other panels of similar illumination at divisions in the text, paper inserts to protect illumination, geometric stamped and gilded red morocco binding with flap -- Folio 4 3/8 x 1 3/8in. (11 x 11cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
14 Oct 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, MOROCCO, LATE 19TH CENTURY Signs of the Blessings, poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on polished cream, blue, pink and peach paper, 282ff. with 11ll. of elegant black maghribi in blue and gold ruled margins, important words in gold outlined in black, 14pp. of very finely illuminated geometric and calligraphic designs in gold, blue, orange and green, followed by a double-page stylised footprint of the Prophet and then stylised images of the mosques of Mecca and Medina and an illuminated double-page opening, numerous other panels of similar illumination at divisions in the text, paper inserts to protect illumination, geometric stamped and gilded red morocco binding with flap -- Folio 4 3/8 x 1 3/8in. (11 x 11cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
14 Oct 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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