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Ⓛ Illuminated prayer book copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi
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Ⓛ Illuminated prayer book copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi
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See original version (French)
Estimate €12,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Ⓛ Illuminated prayer book copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi
Ottoman Empire, Turkey, dated AH 1239 / AD 1823-24
Arabic manuscript on paper, 119 leaves plus 3 endpapers, copied in naskh script in black ink on 11 lines per page, titles and important words highlighted in red, verses separated by gold medallions with blue and red dots, the whole framed with black and gold fillets, the titles in white on gold illuminated panels.
Folio 1b features a polychrome illuminated frontispiece above the text set in reserved clouds on a gold background; folios 13b and 14a include illustrations of Mecca and Medina.
Bound in gilt brown leather.
Text 9.5 x 5.3 cm (3.7 x 2.1 in.); leaf 15 x 9.6 cm (5.9 x 3.8 in.)
Provenance :
Former Michel Abemayor (1912-1975) collection, New York.
This manuscript can be compared with a Qur'an, also copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi, in the Rare Book Library of Istanbul University (inv. A.6671), whose colophon states that its master was Omer Vasfi Efendi, while other sources mention Akmolla Omer and Mahmud Raci Efendi (cf. Derman, 2010, pp. 316-321, no. 79).
Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi is also known as the author of the monumental inscriptions in the Hamidiye mausoleum in Bahçekapı (Eminönü, Istanbul), built between 1777 and 1789 for Sultan Abdülhamid I and housing the tombs of the latter, Mustafa IV and several members of the Ottoman dynasty.
An Ottoman illuminated prayer book copied by Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, dated 1239 AH / 1823-1824 AD.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 119 leaves in naskh in black ink on 11 lines per page, titles and key words in red, verses separated by gold medallions with red and blue dots, set within black and gold rules, headings in white on illuminated gilt panels; folio 1b with an illuminated polychrome frontispiece above text inscribed in cloud reserves on a gold ground; folios 13b and 14a with illustrations of Mecca and Medina. Brown gilt leather binding. From the former collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York.
Location:
The work is currently stored in London; please contact the department for further information.
Notes:
British VAT of 20% will apply to this lot currently located in London. In case of export from UK, VAT on sale fees can be refunded upon presentation of customs documentation.
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