Publication Date
1450-1500
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
257 mm x 177 mm x 13 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Ar 4199
Library Location
Arabic collection
Date
1450-1500
Notes
Prayers for the week, attributed to `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, painted lacquer covers, 16 folios, Arabic text in muhaqqaq script, with full page illumination (fol. 1r), gold backdrop (fols. 1v-2r) and gold headings with spiral scrollwork (sarlawh, throughout), Prayers for the seven days of the week, attributed (on fol. 1v) to `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661), possibly Istanbul, Turkey, undated, c. 1450-1500.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Muhaqqaq script