A MANUSCRIPT OF SHI'A TALISMANIC CONTENT
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran or India, 19th century

Persian and Arabic manuscript on paper, 7ff., plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with a variety of lines, charts, and diagrams, in Persian black and red ink naskh, emblematic motifs above black and red Arabic calligraphy and numeric naskh illuminated in gold and polychromes, the Persian text explaining the miraculous benefits of gazing at each talismanic panel, mostly containing repetitions of sacred names of God, and a selections of the final suras of the Qur’an, in red and blue rules and gold and black outer rules, in marbled paper board binding with fabric spine, the text panel 15.2cm x 6.8cm, the folio 20cm x 13.2cm.

Dimensions: the text panel 15.2cm x 6.8cm, the folio 20cm x 13.2cm