Two religious manuscripts: 1) Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Busiri (d.1296-97 AD), Qasida al-Burda; 2) Dua al-usbuiyyah, prayers for the days of the week, ascribed to Yaq'ut al-Musta’simi, Mesopotamia and Persia, 13th century and later

1) Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold green and blue, f.1b with illuminated floral headpieces, various ownership inscriptions in the fly-leaves, in a later leather and cloth binding, with flap.
2) Arabic manuscript on paper, 12 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, titles in gold thuluth, ruled in gold and red, verses separated by gold pointed rosettes, the later margins with gold foliate decoration, incomplete, f.1b with illuminated floral headpieces, f.12a with a colophon mentioning the name Yaq'ut al-Musta’simi and the date 660 AH/1261-62 AD, in brown gilt-stamped binding

Qasida al-Burda: in generally good condition, the headpiece with smudges, stained throughout but the calligraphy fine and legible, probably one page replaced, the binding with losses to the cloth, as viewed. The Prayers for the Days of the Week: in generally good condition, f.1 has been re-margined, at least one folio missing (the prayers for Friday), minor smudged to the ink and losses, minor stains and restoration to the paper, as viewed.
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