Arabic primer of calligraphy. -- 1693 or 1694

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Title: Arabic primer of calligraphy. -- 1693 or 1694
Abstract: Copied in A.H. 1105 (A.D. 1693 or 1694).
Description: Calligraphic naskhī. Decorated in gold and colors.
Islamic binding, in red.
Colophon: "Mashaqahu ʻUthmān al-ḥāfiẓ bi-al-Qurʼān 1105."
Translation of the colophon: "Calligraphed by ʻUthmān, the Qurʼān memorizer, the year 1105 [of the Hijrah = 1693/1694."
Provenance: Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Extent: 10 27.5 x 17 cm. leaves (in 1 volume) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Arabic

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Arabic MSS 346
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Genre: Textbooks
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic 17th century
Arabic manuscripts
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Topic): Calligraphy, Arabic
Subjects: Calligraphy, Arabic > Textbooks > Early works to 1800
17th century
Arabic manuscripts

Access: Public
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Citation: Arabic primer of calligraphy. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.