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This is a blog of my personal collections. The purpose of this blog is to educate myself and public in regards to antiquities especially related to religion and calligraphy. I welcome everyone to input their feedback in this blog which they think would be helpful. I do not watermark the photos in this blog so everyone is free to use them as long as they are not used for illegal and unethical reasons. I appreciate if you could notify me if you plan to use any of the photos here. Enjoy browsing!!

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Antique Manuscript Review 61 : Antique Malay Islamic Fiqh Manuscript ( 19th Century)




This is a written manuscript about Islamic Fiqh originated from South East Asia. Its believed to have been written in 19th century. Few pages of these manuscripts were damaged due to ages.
I acquired this manuscript from a friend in Indonesia quite a while ago.

Manuscript Specs

Item : Antique Malay Manuscript
Content : Islamic Fiqh
Dim :  34 x 21cm
Date : 19th century
Copyist : anonymous
Origin : South East Asia
Calligraphy : Malay ?
Design : Written in Malay scripts in red & black with explanation in Javanese language
Purchased Price :US

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