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LOT 1934
Leather Bound Religious Manuscript Book
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (555 grams. 19 x 14 cm).
Leather-bound book of a religious treatise with Naskh text in red on the first page beneath a banner with cross images and Greek text below; many pages with large Greek letters in black and Naskh script sub-headings in red ink; red Arabic numerals to the corner of some pages; marginal notations and other markings; probably from North Africa. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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