Elegant copy of a collection of prayers to be said at various times of the day and month; holograph.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 10a.
On front cover: Label reading "70" in Arabic script.
On spine: Label reading "618" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in elegant naskh in black on creamy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication in gold and red; a few pages contain additional supplications written in the margins. Arabic prayers vocalized; some prayers accompanied by interlinear Persian translation in red. Fol. 1-8 added at a later date; table of contents on fol. 1b-7b set within a gold grid and written alternately in black and blue (fol. 8a-8b contain empty grids). Paginated in Arabic script in blue beginning on fol. 11a. A few marginal paper repairs and light staining and smudging; otherwise in excellent condition.
Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 9b, with delicate floral and scroll work primarily in gold, blue, and maroon. On fol. 9b-10a, margins decorated with intricate floral and foliar pattern in gold, blue, and pink; text set within clouds surrounded by gold illumination. Entire text framed in blue and gold with outer marginal gold border.
Origin: Completed by the author on Friday, 15 Rajab 1068 H [19 April 1658] (fol. 338b).
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي انزل على عبده الكتاب وجعل له شرعاً ومنهجاً يهدى الى السداد والصواب ... وبعد فهذه نبذة مشتملة على ادعية الوضوء واشياء الصلوات وتعقيبات محتوية على ادعية الليالي والايام والساعات واعمال الشهور وسنوات وزيارات وادعية الام الاعضاء والمتفرقات ملتقطة من كتب العبادات والدعوات
Binding note
Full black leather over pasted boards with brown leather spine. Gold-stamped central mandorla with pendants and corner designs, containing floral/foliar pattern which has been painted red and green. Fillets and other accents around stamped designs painted in gold. Red marbled paper pastedowns with silver border.
Language note
Persian and Arabic.
OCLC
757721756
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