Bidspirit auction | Manuscript Fatwa of Coffee

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