Small book of prayers and litanies, North Africa, Morocco, l - Lot 76

Small book of prayers and litanies, North Africa, Morocco, late 18th century. Small manuscript on paper with 10 lines of text per page in Maghribi Arabic in sepia ink, some terms in polychrome inks. In the text, several terms are illuminated in gold, including the titles inscribed in cartouches enhanced with polychrome and extended by a marginal medallion. The manuscript has several illuminated panels announcing sections of the text or titles, and four illuminations depict the sacred shrines of the Ka'aba in Mecca and the Rawdah in Medina in stylized form. The manuscript begins with al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat. This is followed by various prayers and litanies: the Hizb al-Kabir by Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili, at the end of which appears the date 1198 AH / 1783, the Hizb al-Bahr by the same author, the Hizb by Imam Abu Zakariyya al-Nawawi, the Hizb al-Falah by al-Jazuli, the Wadhifa by Imam Ahmad Zarruq. Garnet morocco flap binding with stamped and partially gilded decoration of a rectangular panel decorated with a mandorla and encircled by a frieze of floral cartouches flanked by braided friezes. In a portable case with domed lid and flanked by two suspension lugs, in copper alloy with metal, wood and bone trimmings, partially engraved with vegetal motifs and a magic square on the back, the lid and front enhanced with a turquoise cabochon.Size of binding: 9.7 x 9.7 cm; size of case: 11.5 x 15.5 cm. Incomplete manuscript, loose leaves, wetness, stains and foxing, restorations and retouching, folds and small tears, a few marginal notes, binding badly damaged with flap missing, case cover detached, accidents and traces of soldering.