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SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
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JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D.AH 613/1217 AD): KHAMSA
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, consisting of 234ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq divided into four columns, headings in red ink, in gold and green ruled margins, four illuminated headpieces with gold and polychrome floral decoration, nine contemporary miniatures illustrating the pavilions visited by Bahram Gur and battle scenes, small areas of repainting, in later stamped brown morocco
Text panel 7¾ x 4¼in. (19.7 x 10.8cm.); folio 10¾ x 6¼in. (27.4 x 15.8cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, consisting of 234ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq divided into four columns, headings in red ink, in gold and green ruled margins, four illuminated headpieces with gold and polychrome floral decoration, nine contemporary miniatures illustrating the pavilions visited by Bahram Gur and battle scenes, small areas of repainting, in later stamped brown morocco
Text panel 7¾ x 4¼in. (19.7 x 10.8cm.); folio 10¾ x 6¼in. (27.4 x 15.8cm.)
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