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G.B. Manasek, Inc. 358
Hanover, NH
Book Fair SF
Feb. '93
$55
Prayer leaf. ( a supplication to Allah)
Arabic manuscript on [inserted]thin[end insertion] paper. (polished) (15.5 x 8 cm.)
Written Naskhi style by Abu Bakr Jami in (Persia)
Isfahan , late 18th c.
Prayer title is in the medalion at top.
Multicolored bar contains a heading title.
The text is contained in "clouds" surrounded by gilt.
10 lines to the page in black & red script.
margins ruled in red & gold.

Isfahan - a city in ventral Iran : the capital of Persia
from the 16th into the 18th c.
Abu Bakr - the 1st Orthodox Caliph.