Author: [WASF AL-RUSUL].
Title: [Kitab Wasf al-Rusul wa al-Imama].[Near East, ca. 1820?] Small folio (ca. 21 x 30 cm). Arabic manuscript in a naskh script, written in black ink on paper, with headings, key words and short passages in red, ruled in red throughout (often in complex patterns to form tables and geometric shapes) and with a diagrammatic human body also in red, 2 leaves with circular diagrams, some ruled leaves blank (text never completed). Contemporary limp leather.
Description: 74 ll.A theological manuscript whose title can be translated as "The book of attributes of the Prophet and the leader". While the ruling on most leaves is horizontal and vertical, many include diagonal rules, arcs and circles, sometimes forming diagrams (there is also a diagrammatic human body drawn in red lines). The texts are written right side up, upside down, vertically, diagonally or in a circle or arc following the ruling, and with some passages of “text” consist entirely of a wide variety of symbols.Binding a little rubbed, spine chipped, sewing somewhat loose. Some light staining and soiling throughout; a few ink smudges; several (mostly marginal) tears (some professionally repaired), but nearly untrimmed and with the text, ruling, etc. in very good condition.

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