Lot 79 AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK, WRITTEN BY MEHMED IMAMZADE AND DATED 1165 AH/1751 AD
Arabic and Turkish manuscript on paper, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink, text separation represented by gold roundels outlined in black and pointed by polychrome dots, illuminated frontispiece with gold and polychrome decoration, surah headings with gold and polychrome decorated panels, ruled in gold and black borders.
This finely-illuminated manuscript is a collection of Arabic and Turkish prayers. It opens with surah al-An'am, Yasin, al-Mulk, al-Fath, al-Rahman, many different small verses followed by different prayers with commentaries and the Beautiful Names (Asma' al-husna), attributed Beautiful names to the prophet, two Hilya's of the prophet.
The last folio signed by ''al-Faqir Mehmed Imamzade and dated in 1165 AH''.
In original tooled and stamped gilt brown morocco binding with flap.
10 by 15 cm.