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Nizami: Layla wa Majnun
Persian manuscript on paper, 21ll. of small black nasta'liq in four columns, gold divisions, green and gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, headings in red, occasionally within gold clouds, opening folio with illuminated heading and gold flowering vine in the margin, another folio similar, later black morocco binding, Safavid Persia, apparently dated AH 993/1585-6 AD (occasional repairs, smudging and staining) - 9 x 5½in. (22.9 x 14cm.)
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Persian manuscript on paper, 21ll. of small black nasta'liq in four columns, gold divisions, green and gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, headings in red, occasionally within gold clouds, opening folio with illuminated heading and gold flowering vine in the margin, another folio similar, later black morocco binding, Safavid Persia, apparently dated AH 993/1585-6 AD (occasional repairs, smudging and staining) - 9 x 5½in. (22.9 x 14cm.)
See illustration