A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS
Qajar Iran, 19th century

Arabic and Persian manuscript on laid paper, 20ff., plus two fly-leaves, the folios with a variety of lines, the opening folios of individual prayers with polychrome and gold illuminations, marginal notes in white, the margins with gold floral illuminations, the text grouped within gold cloudbands, the Arabic text in black ink naskh script, the interlinear Persian translation in red ink nasta’liq script, in red lacquer binding within a dark narrow border, the text panel 11.8cm x 6.6cm, the folio 18.6cm x 13cm.