Kitāb-i mazāmīr-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Dāvīd = Sefer Tehilim : tefilah le-Daṿid

Text of Sefer Tehillim [Book of Psalms] in Hebrew with interlinear Persian translation.

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In Persian and Hebrew.

Produced in Tehran, Iran; edited by ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Mʻaṣūmī Tihrānī; illumination by Mahdī Bahman.

Hand-lettered Persian text with interlinear Hebrew original, hand-colored and gilded title pages, chapter headings, and decorations; text framed by gilded line with thin black edging approximately 1 mm from the gold; uniformly light cream color paper throughout; no visible watermarks.

Persian text in clear Nastaʻlīq; Hebrew in modern square charaters with rubricated vocalization; 12 lines in written area, 23 x 15.

Signature and seal of editor and signature of calligrapher at end of colophon.

Binding is unadorned, contemporary brown leather.

manuscripts persian manuscripts hebrew library of congress african and middle eastern division hebraic section illumination of books and manuscripts iranian jewish illumination of books and manuscripts iran hebrew persian persian language rare materials mahdī bahman abd al ḥamīd ma ṣūmī tihrānī mission group of peace for all manuscript sefer tehilim tefilah le da id ultra high resolution high resolution

01/01/2004

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