Prayer Manuscript (9 results)
More imagesPublished by Ottoman Turkey, [1743/44 CE =] 1156 H. 1743
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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8vo (112 x 160 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished cream paper. 130 leaves, carefully numbered in red ink. 11 lines of elegant black naskh within gilt borders with generous marginal glosses, gilt and polychrome roundel verse markers, some words in gold or red. Several elaborate gilt and coloured headpieces and decorations, as wel…l as two full-page miniatures of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in gilt and polychrome. Contemporary brown morocco with fore-edge flap, tooled central medallion and corner spandrels enclosing arabesques. An uncommonly prettily illustrated Arabic collection of Quranic and other prayers, including Surah 6 (al-An'am, "The Cattle") and Surah 35 (Fatir, "The Originator"), as well as the famous "Dala'il al-khayrat" ("Waymarks of Benefits"), an extensive book of Sunni poems in praise of the Prophet Muhammad compiled by the Moroccan Sufi scholar Muhammad ibn Sulaiman al-Jazuli (807-870 H / 1405-1465 CE). Received throughout the Islamic world, it functioned as a kind of Muslim catechism. - Binding rubbed, extremeties professionally repaired; old annotations to endpapers. The colophon states the date AH 1156 and the name of the scribe, Hafez Mehmet, known as Cakizadeh (?). - Provenance: from the private collection of Michel E. Abemayor (1912-1975) of New York, the last descendant of an important Cairo dynasty of dealers in Egyptian antiquities, with his collection ticket to front pastedown.
More imagesPublished by Persia, [1830/31 CE =] 1246 H. 1830
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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8vo (135 x 90 mm). 11 pp. Arabic manuscript on paper, written space 110 x 65 text area approx. Text in black with "points" in gold within the framework of various colours. Pages mounted within coloured rules. Title-page in red, purple and gold (worn with some loss). Contemporary leporello binding. Devotional invocation manuscrip…t, bound as a leporello. Begins with "bi-hawli llah wa-quwwatihi" ("with God's power and strength"); text has been separated and continues on a previous page. Elaborately decorated title and chapter heading within ornamental borders, gilt and coloured. The name of the scribe, Muhammad Ja'far al-Lahijani (from Lâhîjân in northern Iran on the Caspian Sea), as well as the date 1246, are stated in the colophon. The work contains "Duaa al-Qamous" and "Duaa al-Tamta", which were later collected by Abbas Qumi (1877-1941 CE) in his book "Mafatih Al Jinan" (Keys to Heaven) as supplications narrated from Ahl al-Bayt. - Partially worn and damaged; lower cover shows a floral design on cloth (rubbed and chafed), the upper cover is missing. Some brownstaining and chipping; a few leaves show old repairs and marginal defects.
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Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Small 8vo. Handsome full 19th century leather. Pages numbered 15-314 (complete at the end, but missing what came before 15, although no evidence of page removal. An extremely attractive calligraphic Eastern European religious book, highly decorated using a number of colored inks and with various…flourishes and floral motifs throughout.
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Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1742. Manuscript on paper, in German. 75pp., 8vo (178 x 128 mm). Illustrated title with decorated floreate border and arms. Engraved frontispiece depicting the Trinity enthroned over Calvary. Written in black ink in a uniform calligraphic hand, between borders, some chapter tailpieces and paragraph ma…rks. Contemporary paneled calf, tooled in gilt, initials ìC. B.î and date ì1742î stamped in gilt to front cover, marbled paper pastedowns, gilt edges. Housed in near contemporary custom leather slipcase (contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, light dampstains, some dustsoiling; calf rubbed, tail chipped with some loss). A complete prayer book from 1742, apparently in circulation within German cults of Marian worship. The Litany is Virgin-centric including praising her as ìgates of the skyî and ìmorning star,î also îQueen of Martyrsî and ìMother of the Creatorî; Bitt fur uns! (pray of favor for us!).
More imagesPublished by SLND [France, circa 1770]. 1770 1770
Seller: JF LETENNEUR LIVRES RARES, Saint Briac sur mer, FranceJF LETENNEUR LIVRES RARES
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1 vol in-16° carré (108 x 83 mm) de: [2] ff (dont frontispice gravé aquarellé), [18] pp calligraphiées à l'encre noire dans un encadrement, [3] ff bl. Plein maroquin rouge d'époque, dos lisse orné muet, triples filets dorés encadrant les plats avec fleurons dans les angles, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches dorées, gardes…de papier marbré. Charmant manuscrit religieux miniature produit au XVIIIe siècle, illustré d'une gravure aquarellée représentant le Sacré Cur. Son auteur a finement calligraphié le texte de l'Evangile de St Luc 1- verset 68 et suivants : « Beni soit le seigneur, le dieu d'Israël de ce qu'il a visité et racheté son peuple, de ce qu'il nous a suscité un puissant sauveur dans la maison de David son serviteur » Ouvrage conservé dans sa luxueuse reliure d'origine. 1 vol. 16to square (108 x 83 mm) of: [2] ff (including engraved watercolor frontispiece), [18] pp calligraphied in black ink in a frame, [3] ff bl. Full contemporary red morocco, mute ornate smooth spine, triple gilt fillets framing the boards with fleurons in the corners, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt edges, marbled paper endpapers. Charming miniature religious manuscript produced in the 18th century, illustrated with a watercolor engraving of the Sacred Heart. The author has finely calligraphed the text from the Gospel of St. Luke 1- verse 68 ff: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people, for he has raised up for us a mighty savior in the house of David his servant.". Preserved in its luxurious original binding.
More imagesPublished by [Germany], 1791
Seller: ASHER Rare Books, t Goy Houten, NetherlandsASHER Rare Books
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Beautifully calligraphed late-18th-century compilation of prayers based on the popular "Andachts- and Gebetbuchen" published in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. The present manuscript was written by Johann Karl Erbes, who clearly took much care in producing this work. It contains every kind of prayer needed for practicing… faith in everyday life.With numerous 19th-century manuscript annotations in German on the first and last few blank pages (dated 1821-1862) reminiscent of notes written in family bibles, including 1 crossed out at the head of the page facing p. 206. Included between the last few blank pages is a manuscript prayer in German, written in minute cursive script on a folding piece of paper. The edges of the boards are very slightly rubbed, the spine shows clear signs of wear and the foot of the spine is slightly damaged with minor loss of material. A few minor wormholes in the front pastedown and first few leaves, barely affecting the 19th-century annotations, internally somewhat foxed and the pages have browned due to some ink corrosion (not affecting the general legibility of the text, but affecting the inner margins of pp. 197-202). Otherwise the work is in good condition. The slipcase is worn, with loss of material on most sides and with the head of the case completely gone. The work itself is a magnificent example of a late-18th-century manuscript prayer book in German, in a beautiful contemporary gold-tooled binding. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco, with a gold-tooled floral frame incorporating floral corner pieces on both boards, the front board with the gol-tooled initials "A: F:" and dated in gold "M DCC XCI" (1791), sewn on 5 supports with corresponding raised bands on the gold-tooled spine, gilt edges, blue paste paper endpapers. The work is kept in a mottled leather and floral paste paper slipcase. Written in a clear Roman script by Johann Karl Erbes, title in a structured floral frame, all text is written in 15 to 18 lines per page, all within a manuscript floral frame. Pages: [1 blank], [2], [1 blank], 206, [2], [6] pp.
More imagesPublished by [Germany, Franconia, diocese Würzburg?, 1780
Seller: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, , NetherlandsAntiquariaat FORUM BV
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Beautifully written compilation of prayers, based on the popular "Andachts- and Gebetbuchen" published - often by the Jesuits - in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries. Examples of these printed prayer books are: Peter Maria Mayr's Geistlicher Seelenwecker, or the anonymous Geistlicher Seelenwecker worin der Kirchen-Kalender,…Morgen-, Abend-, Mess-, Beicht- und Kommunion-Gebete, Vesperpsalmen und mehrere Litaneien, dann mannigfaltige Gebete und Gesänge erhalten sind. The present prayer book includes every kind of prayer needed for practicing faith in everyday life.The title on p. 1 (p. 2 blank) continues on p. 3: "Wie auch vom Leiden Christi zu unser lieben Frauen auch unterschiedliche Heiligen Gottes in allen anligen zugebrauchen. Nebst beygesetzten Gebett zur Heil. Thecla. Cum Licentia Superiorum" and mentions the inclusion of prayers for Saint Thecla of Kitzingen (or Thekla von Kitzingen, d. 790). She was an English-born Benedictine nun, who came to Franconia in the 8th century CE (then the Frankish Empire) to support Saint Boniface in his missions. Thecla was educated at Wimborne Abbey and subsequently joined the Benedictine community of nuns there. Abbess Tetta of Wimborne Abbey received a request for helpers with missionary work from Boniface and Thecla was among the nuns sent to Germany. Upon her arrival in Germany, she joined the convent in Bishofsheim (now Tauberbischofsheim in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg) founded by Boniface himself. Later, she rose to the position of abbess and supervised the abbeys of Ochsenfurt and Kitzingen, both in present-day Bavaria, Germany. Given this history, Saint Thecla of Kitzingen has been venerated in Würzburg and surroundings at least since the Middle Ages when her relics were enshrined at Kitzingen. The fact that the present prayer book mentions her in the (sub-) title and that the book includes the "Ablass Gebett von der Mutter Gottes zu Dadelbach" (pp. 280-85, referring to Dadelbach, or now Dettelbach, a place of pilgrimage near Würzburg) make it probable that the present prayer book was compiled in (or at least for use in) the diocese of Würzburg.With an extensive (contemporary?) owner's inscription on p. [3] reading: "Hic liber est meus/ Testis est Deus/ Quid illo querit/ Hoc nomen erit/ Augustine natus/ Et Schmidt vocatus". The title page (p. 1), p. 3, p. 307, and the final page of the register show owner's inscriptions (erroneously giving the date of the manuscript as 1600) written in 1951, respectively reading: "Anno Domini 1600. R." and "Anno Domini 1600. Ludwig Robota Miechowice-Bytom. 20.12.1951." and "Anno Domini 1600. R." and "Anno Domini 1600. L. R. 20.12.1951. R."; all written in vibrant turquoise ink. The binding shows some signs of wear, the head and foot of the spine are slightly damaged (with some minor loss of material at the foot of the spine), some minor soiling and thumbing in the margins, mainly affecting the first few leaves. Otherwise in good condition. Contemporary gold-tooled dark brown leather (a stipple-line/double fillet frame around a floral border incorporating floral corner pieces with a small oval "IHS" monogram centrepiece on the front board and a similar centrepiece with a "Maria" monogram), sewn on 5 supports with corresponding raised bands on the gold-tooled spine, marbled pastedowns, gilt edges. Written in a clear German cursive in brown ink with chapter titles and captions in Fraktur script in gold, blue, black, and red with red pen flourishes; the text is written within a manuscript double-lined frame in brown ink. With two mezzotint engravings of Christ carrying the cross and Christ's Vera effigies with a crown of thorns, mounted on p. [6] and p. 7; both engravings show Christ's wounds and blood painted red. The engravings are by Johann Martin Will (1727-1806), engraver and art dealer in Augsburg. Pages: [1], [3], 307, [9], [4 blank except for the text frames] pp.
More imagesPublished by [Northern Germany(?), 1400
Seller: ASHER Rare Books, t Goy Houten, NetherlandsASHER Rare Books
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This small prayer and hymn book, which was likely made in Northern Germany, can be related to the veneration of Saint Joseph, which was popular in the 15th century. The manuscript was meant for personal use by a layperson, either during mass or at home. It includes the verses of Saint Bernard, a short text by Jean Gerson (1363-1…429), hymns and prayers for the Elevation and the Eucharist, hymns and prayers relating to Easter, Pentecost and the Feast of Corpus Christi, prayers to the archangels, John the Baptist and Francis and Clare of Assisi, and suffrages addressed to various saints, including Saint Joseph, Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Saint Stephen, Saint Onuphrius and Saint Maurice.Personal prayer books like the present work were very popular in the late Middle Ages, as they allowed laypeople to develop a routine of personal devotion. These works were often adapted to the needs and wishes of the owner and can therefore offer a lot of insight into their beliefs. The present work is somewhat unusual, because it places more focus on Joseph than on Mary. A large portion at the end is made up of the suffrages, or short prayers to various saints. The suffrages were always in order of importance, starting with the Trinity and Mary and ending with female martyrs. However, in the present manuscript, Mary is not included in the suffrages, while Joseph is one of the first to be mentioned, even before the Apostles. In addition, Joseph is described as "nutritoris domini" (English: nurturer of the Lord), which is what he was called by those who worshipped him.The present manuscript offers a unique insight into the spread of the Cult of St. Joseph and what his veneration might have looked like in daily life. A complete list of contents is available upon request.With a manuscript owner's inscription on the front paste-down, some pencil annotations on the front paste-down, and some loose paper scraps showing manuscript prayers after leaf [131]v. The vellum on the binding is (artificially) darkened and the closing tie on the back board is missing. Quires a-e8, the first three leaves of quire f, and possibly a leaf in quire k are lacking, otherwise the text is complete according to the catchwords between the present quires. With a small hole on leaf [3], with partial loss of one letter, portions of text (primarily rubrication) have been crossed out on leaves [8, 15r, 26, 28r, 33v, 35v and 36r], the ink on some of the leaves is rubbed. Otherwise in very good condition. Early 19th-century(?) gold-tooled vellum showing a gold-tooled floral frame on both boards, with a leather closing tie on the front, gold-tooled board edges, gilt edges. Written in Latin on relatively thin parchment (leaf 11.5 x 8.5 cm, text block 7.8 x 5.2 cm), in a gothic hand ("semi-textualis") in one column of 17 lines per page using black/dark brown ink. The manuscript is rubricated throughout, with a 3-line red and blue initial at the start of each part, and 2- or 1-line lombards, alternating in red and blue, at the start of each smaller section, ruled in pencil. Pages: [131] ll.
More imagesPublished by Ad Usum Magistri Thomae Agricolae 1568
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Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United KingdomBlackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
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title with ornate calligraphic lattice-work border in blue ink with leaves and tendrils in gold, title capitals and date also in gold, text double-ruled in purple, rubricated throughout with headline in red on every page decorated with gold dots, leaves and lozenges, numerous ornate gilt capitals, two miniatures (both somewhat b…lurred), p.96 & 145, the latter painted on mounted parchment square, with ornate polychrome floral border at gutter margin, similar margin p.67 with space for miniature and traces of mounting, upper margin cropped affecting some text, fore-margin cropped excising most of original Roman foliation, later pagination supplied in black ink at upper margin, a few faint marks, p. [ii], 240, 12mo, seventeenth-century black calf (probably Italian) with delicate gilt-tooled border, spine richly gilt in four panels, gilt edges, pastedowns with green and gilt floral patterned paper, brittle calf board surface, edges worn, damage at head of spine with slightly loss, housed in custom clam-shell box, good. A delightful miniature 'vade mecum' prayer book, written in a precise, clear hand throughout and extremely well-preserved, comprising prayers and oratory texts to the major saints of the Roman Catholic Church. including Pope Leo the Great (p.1), St. Augustine (p.54), Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (p.67), Thomas Aquinas (p.81) and Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (p. 196). The first miniature, depicting a kneeling figure before Christ on the cross, framed by a sky of pink and blue, accompanies the text 'Confessio dicenda ante imaginem Christi', while the second, also a crucifix, with several figures below in a variety of colours with a touch of gold, illustrates 'Orationes Sanctae Brigatae'. A prayer against thunder, lightning and storm, 'Oratio contrata tonitrua, fulgura, et tempestatem (p.192) is also included and the work ends with 'Quinque laudes a domino Jesu christo cuidam religioso revelate.' It seems likely that the Thomas Agricola in question is the priest commemorated in a memorial plaque in Augsburg Cathedral cloister which records the year of his death as 1598; he appears to have been appointed to a Collegiate parish in 1575 (Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereius fur Schwaber und Neuburg, 1880).
