MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSA KNOWN AS ABU ALHASSAN AL-SHARIF AL-RADI (D. AH 406/1016 AD): NAHJ AL-BALAGHA
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Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 1033112
Lot 44 | MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSA KNOWN AS ABU ALHASSAN AL-SHARIF AL-RADI (D. AH 406/1016 AD): NAHJ AL-BALAGHA
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
SIGNED YA'QUT AL-NURI, ZENGID MOSUL, DATED 14 DHU'L-QADA AH 601/3 JULY 1205 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 214ff. with 15ll.of elegant black naskh, headings in larger script, set within gold and polychrome rules, occasional marginal commentary, catchwords, the opening bifolio with later illumination laid down over original title page and colophon with signature of Ya'qut al-Nuri, the following bifolio with the text reserved against gold cloudbands illuminated with flowering scrolls, in later gilt tooled leather binding, the doublures marbled paper
Text panel 10 ¼ x 5 7/8in. (26 x 14.8cm.); folio 12 5/8 x 8 ½in. (32.2 x 21.6cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, UK, by 1970
Literature
Nassar M. Mansour, 'A unique Arabic manuscript copied by Ya'qut al-Nouri al-Mouselli (d. 618 H/1221 CE): Analytical study of the artistic features of Ya'qut al-Mouselli's style in calligraphy', al-Majalla al-Urduniyya lil-tarikh w al-athar, 2009, pp.1-31.
Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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Place of origin: | Iraq, Asia |
Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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Place of origin: | Iraq, Asia |
Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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