Able of Christian calendars
Accession number:
MS M.904
Title:
Able of Christian calendars
Created:
Probably Turkey, ca. 1780 or later.
Binding:
Front cover of light brown morocco with a gold cartouche containing arabesque leaves and tulips and a border of gold braid between two gold fillets; the mismatched back cover is of dark brown morocco with a center lobed medallion with a insert patterned with molded cloud band and arabesque designs; the doublures are cream paper.
Description:
18 leaves (23 lines) : paper ; 191 x 130 mm
Provenance:
Purchased from Pierre Berès, Paris, 1961.
Notes:
Ms. written ca. 1780 or later, probably in Turkey; miniatures added in the twentieth century, possibly in Europe.
Decoration: 27 archaistic miniatures.
Incipit: al-hamdu lillāhʾl-walī waʾl-ṣalātu ʻalā nabīyinā wa-ālihi ajmaʻīn (fol. 2).
Text box varies, but is generally 182 x 85 mm.
Language:
Turkish
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