A calligraphic work containing the advice of Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻAlī to his son al-Ḥasan.
Keble MS. 89
Keble College, University of Oxford
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Title
A calligraphic work containing the advice of Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻAlī to his son al-Ḥasan.
Shelfmark
Keble MS. 89
Language
Arabic
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 25
Hands
Script: Apart from fol. 1b and fol. 25b, there are three lines of fine calligraphic thuluth script interspersed with two groups of two lines of calligraphic naskh script.
Decoration
Fol. 1b contains a title heading panel in blue and gold. Sentences throughout are punctuated with small gold, red, and blue florettes. Text box in red, blue and gold lines.
Acquisition
Presented to Keble College Library by Rev. Greville J. Chester, May, 1880.
Subject
Aphorisms and apothegms
Wills
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