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PROBABLY HERAT, AFGANISTAN, 16TH CENTURY
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SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFIZ (D. 1390 AD): DIWAN
PROBABLY HERAT, AFGANISTAN, 16TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 213ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels laid down with gold and polychrome rules on folios with gold outer rules, catchwords, headings in white nasta'liq script on gold ground within cartouches filled with black scrolls and blue borders, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination centred around central text panels with 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against gold ground, outer margins of opening illumination probably added, in black morocco with gilt stamped central medallion and spandrels
Folio 9½ x 6¼in. (24 x 16cm.); 6¾ x 4in. (16 x 17.2cm.)
PROBABLY HERAT, AFGANISTAN, 16TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 213ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh script arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels laid down with gold and polychrome rules on folios with gold outer rules, catchwords, headings in white nasta'liq script on gold ground within cartouches filled with black scrolls and blue borders, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination centred around central text panels with 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against gold ground, outer margins of opening illumination probably added, in black morocco with gilt stamped central medallion and spandrels
Folio 9½ x 6¼in. (24 x 16cm.); 6¾ x 4in. (16 x 17.2cm.)