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LOT 0949
Western Asiatic Medical Manuscript Page
19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 x 9 in. (104 grams, 30.5 x 23 cm).
With block of twenty lines of cursive Naskh script in black ink with red sub-headings and underlining; numeral to the head of each side; marginal topic indicator. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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