THREE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS
Possibly Tunisia or Morocco, North Africa, and the Levant, 19th century

Arabic manuscripts on paper, comprising a commentary on Sheikh Tayeb al-Zain's journey to Malta in 1225 AH (1810 AD), 11ff., 1 fly-leaf and 2 endpapers, with 20ll. of sepia ink North African naskh script to the page, important words in red, with marginal notes, the last page dated the 17th day of Dhu al-Qasr (Qadah?) 1229 AH (31 October 1814 AD), in modern hardcopy marbled paper green and brown binding; a treatise on agriculture, an abbreviated version of an agricultural treatise by Ibn al-Awwam al-Andalusi, 17ff., 1 fly-leaf, 2 endpapers, with 21ll. of free-flowing black ink maghribi script to the page, important words in red, the last page and endpapers with an embossed rectangular stamp reading 'BATH', in modern hardcopy marbled paper burgundy red binding; and another manuscript with historical anecdotes and commentaries, 6ff., with 26ll. of sepia ink maghribi script to the page, important words and passages in red, in modern hardcopy marbled paper yellow and black binding.

The largest text panel 23.5cm x 12cm, the largest folio 28cm x 20cm