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The Manners of Edification
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Description
The Dala’il al-Khayrat or The Manners of Edification is a collection of litanies, prayers, and blessings for the prophet Muhammad compiled by the Moroccan Sufi scholar Muhammad al-Jazuli in the first half of the 15th century. The manual also contains illustrations of Mecca and Medina, the most venerated shrines in the Islamic tradition.
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)Asia › Saudi Arabia › Makkah › Mecca (subject)Asia › Saudi Arabia › Medina (subject)
- Date
- 1779 (AH 1193)
- Artist/maker
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Sayyid ‘Ali Sururi (active 2nd half of the 18th century) (calligrapher)Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Simlali (died 1465)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper; bound with leather, with stamped, tooled, gilded, and lacquered decoration
- Dimensions
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closed 16.5 x 11.1 x 1.7 cm (height x width x depth)
leaves 187 (count)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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covered › metallized › gilded
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI2045.4
Location
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- returned to owner
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