Manuscripts
Qur'an
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Qur'an
Manuscripts
The volume is autograph in Arabic script; 6 pages with illuminated borders, in a tooled-leather binding with flap closing. The bookplate with signature of Theodora Duncan pasted down to first end page; some pages with old repairs made by a previous owner.
mssHM 82922
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Leaf from the Qur'an and one leaf from a Persian poem
Manuscripts
One illuminated calligraphy leaf from the Qur'an, in Arabic with red interlineations translating the text into Persian (Farsi), with an autograph date of circa 1790 in pencil. One illuminated leaf of a Persian poem: "Poem on Beauty and Love," in Arabic, with gold decoration, dated 1265 A. H. [1847].
mssHM 64536-64537
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Floréal : dessins & coloris nouveaux
Rare Books
Pochoir color plates of ornamental floral patterns. A prolific artist whose career covered both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, Seguy was one of the foremost French designers of the early 20th century. He drew his inspiration primarily from nature, producing ornamental patterns derived from flowers, foliage, minerals, insects and animals.
610718
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Stock label: Orange with red, white, blue and gold ornament
Visual Materials
Image of an orange with leaves and blossoms, ribbon text panel, and red, white, blue and gold ornamental design.
ephJLC_CIT_000983
Horoscope for Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam, 1419
Manuscripts
This volume is the horoscope of Sultan Amir Zadeh Rustam. It was written in 822 AH in Persian (with some Arabic) by Yahya ibn Imad bin Yahya Al-Munajjim al-Kashi. It is probably the copy presented to the Sultan. It includes finely illuminated borders and sarlauh on initial pages but dampstained. Some color is fading. The volume also includes some notes about the manuscript, probably from the 1940s.
mssHM 71897
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Qur'an
Manuscripts
The auction description, which accompanies the manuscripts, states that the manuscript was written by an enslaved person of Mungo Park, Scottish explorer of West Africa.
mssHM 1114