[Prayer Book, Ottoman Turkey]
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Date
18--Subject
Islamic literature, Arabic
Prayer Books
Manuscript, Arabic
Turkey
Prayers and devotions
Islam
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Selected surahs and ayahs from the Qur'āh; prayers, supplications, and other devotional texts, late 18th or 19th century. Text area is framed by rules in red, blue, and gold; chapter headings rubricated. Some leaves are illuminated and notations are found throughout the manuscript. Gold and polychrome roundel verse markers with keywords in red. Black naskh set below a gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, and within contemporaneous brown leather binding with stamped black and gilt decoration; flap binding. The Collection of Marvin L. Colker