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Manuscript Fatwa of Coffee
Manuscript Fatwa of Coffee
Ottoman Turkey, 18th century
Manuscript on polished, laid and watermarked paper, in the Osmanili (Ottoman Turkish) language. Composed of 147 folios, 146 of text only. Sheet: c. 204 x 133 mm; writing rule: c. 136 x 73 mm; 17 lines to the page in black and red ink. Frontispiece missing, but the first two pages bear writing box outlined by gilt fillet. The text consists of a miscellany of legal judgments issued by famous Ottoman jurists, including those by the celebrated jurist of the Hanafite school 'eAb. as-Su..d, known in Turkish as Ebusuud.
20.4 X 13.8 cm