Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Isma’il ibn Ibrahim al-Bukhari (d.870 AD), Volume III of Al-Jami’ al-Sahih (a canonical collection of traditions), probably Egypt, Mamluk, 14th century

Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 225 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, 13 lines to the page written in naskh script in black ink, keywords and titles in red and gold, opening illuminated frontispiece with a central rubbed roundel among polychrome scrolls surmounted by a heading in white thuluth against a gold ground, in later light brown binding

In overall good condition, the margins have been cropped and the manuscript rebound, some restorations to the pages, affecting especially the inner border, the margins are overall clean, with only minor annotations or catchwords, f.85b with a long marginal note, probably contemporaneous to the manuscript, occasional stains throughout, the opening frontispiece restored and consolidated, the illumination rubbed and losses to the colours, as viewed.
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For additional information about al-Bukhari and Al-Jami’ al-Sahih see lot 8.