Accession number
MS M.904
Object title
A table of Christian calendars (MS M.904).
Display Date
ca. 1780 or later.
Created
Probably Turkey, ca. 1780 or later.
Binding
Front cover of light brown morocco with a gold cartouche containing arabesque leaves and tulips and a border of gold braid between two gold fillets; the mismatched back cover is of dark brown morocco with a center lobed medallion with a insert patterned with molded cloud band and arabesque designs; the doublures are cream paper.
Description
18 leaves (23 lines) : paper ; 191 x 130 mm
Provenance
Purchased from Pierre Berès, Paris, 1961.
Notes
Ms. written ca. 1780 or later, probably in Turkey; miniatures added in the twentieth century, possibly in Europe.
Decoration: 27 archaistic miniatures.
Incipit: al-hamdu lillāhʼl-walī waʼl-ṣalātu ʻalā nabīyinā wa-ālihi ajmaʻīn (fol. 2).
Text box varies, but is generally 182 x 85 mm.
Decoration: 27 archaistic miniatures.
Incipit: al-hamdu lillāhʼl-walī waʼl-ṣalātu ʻalā nabīyinā wa-ālihi ajmaʻīn (fol. 2).
Text box varies, but is generally 182 x 85 mm.
Language
Turkish
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