A106) Muhammad Sulayman al-Gazuli: Dalail al-Hayrat -Complete arabic manuscript
A106) Al Jazuli: Dala'il al Khayrat
Complete arabic manuscript on paper from North Africa (Maghreb), dated 1120 AH. (1708/1709 AD.).
Leaf dimensions: mm. 115 x 83; writing space: mm. 60 x 49. Magribi-style handwritten black inked text on a single column of 9 lines, with the most significant words marked in red and green ink.
Pages framed by a red line.
131 leaves, plus 8 leaves at the beginning and 7 at the end, along with annotations and notes.
The leaf 130 was replaced with another leaf in a bigger font.
Decoration with ?unwan and two miniatures illustrating, respectively, the minbar and the burial chamber of the Prophet Mu?ammad (read below).
Chapter titles in gold ink and framed by luxurious decorations.
Old leather binding with blind tooled decorations.
Good conditions, traces of use and some wormholes skillfully restored. Some little loss of text.
The Dala'il al-?ayrat ('Waymarks of the Benefits') is one of the most popular prayer books of the North-African post-medieval period, written by the Moroccan religious scholar and sufi master Mu?ammad al-Gazuli (d. 1465).
It's a manual of devotion widely renowned in the muslim world, whose knowledge is widespread especially in the North Africa, throughout the Middle Est, in the Caucasian regions and even in certain areas of South-East Asia.
On the left side of the double page illustration is depicted the Prophet's minbar, a pulpit-like structure from which the 'imam delivers his ?utba (sermon). On the right side, can be seen the mosque compound in Medina with the lamp and the tombs of Mu?ammad, 'Abu Bakr and 'Umar.
Complete arabic manuscript on paper from North Africa (Maghreb), dated 1120 AH. (1708/1709 AD.).
Leaf dimensions: mm. 115 x 83; writing space: mm. 60 x 49. Magribi-style handwritten black inked text on a single column of 9 lines, with the most significant words marked in red and green ink.
Pages framed by a red line.
131 leaves, plus 8 leaves at the beginning and 7 at the end, along with annotations and notes.
The leaf 130 was replaced with another leaf in a bigger font.
Decoration with ?unwan and two miniatures illustrating, respectively, the minbar and the burial chamber of the Prophet Mu?ammad (read below).
Chapter titles in gold ink and framed by luxurious decorations.
Old leather binding with blind tooled decorations.
Good conditions, traces of use and some wormholes skillfully restored. Some little loss of text.
The Dala'il al-?ayrat ('Waymarks of the Benefits') is one of the most popular prayer books of the North-African post-medieval period, written by the Moroccan religious scholar and sufi master Mu?ammad al-Gazuli (d. 1465).
It's a manual of devotion widely renowned in the muslim world, whose knowledge is widespread especially in the North Africa, throughout the Middle Est, in the Caucasian regions and even in certain areas of South-East Asia.
On the left side of the double page illustration is depicted the Prophet's minbar, a pulpit-like structure from which the 'imam delivers his ?utba (sermon). On the right side, can be seen the mosque compound in Medina with the lamp and the tombs of Mu?ammad, 'Abu Bakr and 'Umar.