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Illuminated Shi'ite prayer book, copied by Muhammad Baqir al…
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Illuminated Shi'ite prayer book, copied by Muhammad Baqir al…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Illuminated Shi'ite prayer book, copied by Muhammad Baqir al-Tahrani
Qajar Iran, dated AH 1244 (AD 1828-1829)
Collection of Qur'anic verses and prayers, manuscript in Arabic and Persian on paper; 100 leaves calligraphed in elegant naskh with 11 lines per page; the opening bifolio is entirely illuminated with rich polychrome decoration enhanced with gold; the volume opens with the sura Ya-Sin (s. 36). Colophon signed and dated. Bound in lacquer finely decorated with floral scrolls and delicate foliage.
Size: 19 x 12.5 cm (7.5 x 4.9 in.)
Provenance :
Private collection, Paris.
A dedication in Persian at the end of the volume states that the manuscript was executed "at the request and insistence of His Excellency Hajj 'Abd al-Karim Tabrizi". The colophon is signed by the calligrapher Muhammad Baqir al-Tahrani and dated AH 1244. (1828-1829 D.C.).
Later inscriptions
Several manuscript notes record family births in AH 1272, 1278 and 1279 (AD 1855-63), indicating that the manuscript was passed on as part of a family chronicle.
A Qajar illuminated Shi'i prayer book with a Persian dedication at the end of the volume records that the manuscript was made "at the request and insistence of His Excellency Hajj 'Abd al-Karim Tabrizi". Colophon signed by the calligrapher Muhammad Baqir al-Tahrani, Iran, dated 1244 AH / 1828-1829 AD.
See original version (French)
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