A FINE PRAYER BOOK
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A FINE PRAYER BOOK

QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A FINE PRAYER BOOK
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
A work by Muhammad Baqir bin Taqi Majlisi, Persian manuscript on paper, 183ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 8ll. of very elegant black thuluth script verging on tawqi', numerous words picked out in red, blue or green, each line in cloud band on gold ground, with double interlinear divisions filled in with gold foliage, some Persian interlinear translation accompanying prayers in Arabic, titles in fine polychrome thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, margins illuminated with cusped floral medallions, catchwords, opening bifolio finely illuminated, two bifolios finely illuminated within the text, later inscriptions to the last folios giving the dates of AH 1248, AH 1250 and AH 1252, in lacquered papier-mache binding with floral decoration
Text panel 5 5/8 x 2 7/8in. (14.3 x 7.4cm.); folio 8 x 4 7/8in. (20.1 x 12.5cm.)
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