ID 1033121
Lot 24 | ABU HAFS UMAR AL-NASIFI (1067-1142): MANZUMAH FI AL-KHILAFAT
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
MAMLUK EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 136ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh arranged in two columns, catchwords, section headings in brown naskh, occasional headings in grey thuluth reserved against gold band with marginal medallion, the opening folio with blue and gold illuminated title page, the first folios with copious marginal annotation, in contemporaneous gilt and tooled leather binding, the doublures paper
Folio 8 x 5 3/8in. (20.2 x 13.5cm.)
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
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