A leaf from al-Ghazali's great masterpiece, naskh, 1300's

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ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI (D. AH 505/1111 AD): IHYA' 'ULUM AL-DIN
EASTERN ANATOLIA OR IRAN, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Part of the celebrated treatise on the Muslim faith and Sufi life, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 104ff. as numbered with 19ll. of scholar's naskh, titles in large size, minor headings in red, very good condition, contemporary brown morocco binding with flap with tooled decoration. Folio 7½ x 4in. (19 x 9.5cm.)