Lot 303 AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK, SIGNED HELMI AL-RIZAOI AND DATED 1304 AH/1886 AD
Reference: ART3006843
Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, 23 leaves, each folio with 12 lines written in elegant black naskh script, with gold verse markers pointed out in polychrome dots, text within double gold and red rules, an opening biofolio with gold decoration.
Further two detailed illustrations Mecca and Medina with Al-Masjid Al-Haram and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi, poems and prayers, two tables with talismanic letters, different verses of the Quran, colophon signed ' This prayer chapter known as the sword of Al-Shadhili and dated 1303 AH'.
In original tooled and stamped gilt brown morocco binding.
11 by 16 cm.