Arabic prayer manuscript (1 resultados)

8vo (135 x 90 mm). 11 pp. Arabic manuscript on paper, written space 110 x 65 text area approx. Text in black with "points" in gold within the framework of various colours. Pages mounted within coloured rules. Title-page in red, purple and gold (worn with some loss). Contemporary leporello binding. Devotional invocation manuscript, bound as a leporello. Begins with "bi-hawli llah wa-quwwatihi" ("with God's power and strength"); text has been separated and continues on a previous page. Elaborately decorated title and chapter heading within ornamental borders, gilt and coloured. The name of the scribe, Muhammad Ja'far al-Lahijani (from Lâhîjân in northern Iran on the Caspian Sea), as well as the date 1246, are stated in the colophon. The work contains "Duaa al-Qamous" and "Duaa al-Tamta", which were later collected by Abbas Qumi (1877-1941 CE) in his book "Mafatih Al Jinan" (Keys to Heaven) as supplications narrated from Ahl al-Bayt. - Partially worn and damaged; lower cover shows a floral design on cloth (rubbed and chafed), the upper cover is missing. Some brownstaining and chipping; a few leaves show old repairs and marginal defects. …