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Description
Language: Arabic
Date: Hijri calendar (circa 1060); Gregorian calendar (circa 1650 AD)
UK Special Collections Arabic Script Codex #13
This is a work of instructional Islamic guidance on daily religious and social life, including themes of worship, commerce, and social interactions, written by Al-Hanafi Muhammad Ala Al-Deen Ibn Al-Shaykh Ali Haskafi. This 27 cm manuscript features a brown leather cover flap with embossed medallion and gilt floral sheaths on its front and back covers.
Curation Date
10-2014
Photo Source
Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Keywords
Middle East, Calligraphic manuscripts, Durr-ul-Mukhtar